Great news. Gambling on the long term future of Robert Mugabe is a losing bet. China already is unpopular in Zimbabwe due to previous arms shipments so if they want anything to do with the new government, this was a smart move.
"The Chinese company has already decided to send the military goods back to China in the same vessel, the An Yue Jiang," said the spokeswoman, Jiang Yu.
China's decision will be welcomed as a victory by the dockworkers, trade unionists, religious leaders, western diplomats and human rights workers who have been campaigning since last week to block delivery of the weaponry to Zimbabwe – weaponry they said could be used to carry out an even more lethal crackdown on Zimbabwe's political opposition, which is allied with that country's unionized workers.
China's strategic retreat in delivering the weapons also allows it to avoid further inflaming yet another protest over its human rights record before it hosts the Olympic Games this summer.
