Isn't he dead yet?

Mugabe Envisages Alternative World Order Headed by China:

The current world order is "unjust and unsustainable" and needs an alternative headed by communist China, according to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe.
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Mugabe said the present order "is a source of conflict, and even of war, and calls for a more positive alternative order."

China was increasingly becoming "an alternative global power point," he said, suggesting this could form "the foundation of a new global paradigm." He referred in this regard, without elaboration, to "developments in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and here in Zimbabwe."

"Zimbabwe must work for this new paradigm, which is founded on principles of sovereignty and independence," he added.

A new global paradigm! My, my! I wonder who 'splained the big words to him. I guess we can be thankful he didn't rope in the Martians.

In related news:

According to relief groups, at least half of the country's 12.5 million people are affected by widespread food shortages, in part resulting from Mugabe's "land redistribution" scheme.

Unemployment is running at around 70 percent, and poverty is rife. Recent estimates indicate that around 34 percent of Zimbabweans aged 15-40 is infected with HIV-Aids.

No word on why China would even bother with him. But sooner or later, the US taxpayer will get to clean up the mess.