Chinese nationals in Zimbabwe hold first ever New Year celebrations

Harare(ZimEye)Chinese nationals and their Asian counterparts now resident in Zimbabwe yesterday(Friday) joined their counterparts from the motherland and the world over in commemoration of their new year which this year falls on the 23^rdof January.
It was all Chinese colours at the Africa Unit Square near the parliament building as the Chinese manifests it’s their presence in the country ahead of the western world which is becoming less visible in Zimbabwe.
This is their first ever celebrations in the country despite having the celebrations elsewhere, this could be a celebration of their dominance in Zimbabwe and Africa over other continents.

New Year, the annual celebration (also called the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival) is celebrated by Though often called Chinese





























Vietnamese, Korean and other Asian populations worldwide. It’s tied to the lunar-solar Chinese calendar and falls on different days every year.

However, Zimbabwean residents have blamed the Chinese for exploiting locals by giving meager wages while they can’t even put up any meaningful infrastructure.While Zimbabwe’s traditional investors and their host countries have imposed economic and travel sanctions on the country and the ZANU (PF) leadership, Asian countries have come in as sanctions busters providing investment in the country.