{"id":47720,"date":"2009-11-19T22:37:23","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T05:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=47720"},"modified":"2009-11-20T11:10:20","modified_gmt":"2009-11-20T18:10:20","slug":"china-helps-the-powerful-in-namibia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/11\/china-helps-the-powerful-in-namibia\/","title":{"rendered":"China Helps the Powerful in Namibia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/11\/20\/world\/asia\/20namibia.html?_r=1&ref=global-home\">New York Times<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>So far this year, the Beijing government has secretly awarded scholarships to study in\u00a0China to the offspring of nine top officials, including to the daughter of Namibia\u2019s president, Hifikepunye Pohamba. Two young relatives of Namibia\u2019s former president and national patriarch, Sam Nujoma, also received grants.<\/p>\n<p>The disclosure of the scholarships, first revealed by a feisty Namibian newspaper, has unleashed a wave of fury from the nation\u2019s civil society groups and youth organizations. In a country where five in six high school graduates do not go on to college, many find it unconscionable for well-paid government leaders to accept overseas university scholarships for their children&#8230;The controversy has reignited a simmering debate in Namibia over deals with the Chinese government,\u00a0already under scrutiny by Namibian prosecutors. Inquiries there and in other developing countries in Africa and Asia have cast a fresh light on how China sometimes uses its treasure chest of foreign loans and aid to create elite alliances and ease the approval of no-bid contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Even some within Namibia\u2019s governing Swapo party are asking whether China is trying to buy influence with their nation\u2019s political leadership to gain access to mineral resources or to win business for its well-connected companies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>See also past CDT posts on Namibia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the New York Times: So far this year, the Beijing government has secretly awarded scholarships to study in\u00a0China to the offspring of nine top officials, including to the daughter of Namibia\u2019s president, Hifikepunye Pohamba. Two young relatives of Namibia\u2019s former president and national patriarch, Sam Nujoma, also received grants. 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