http://www.politics.za.net/articles/2007/02/06/chinese-premier-visits-sa en-us 40 Third world country. First world politics. <p>Chinese Premier Hu Jintao has <a href="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&#38;click_id=6&#38;art_id=qw11707731027B216">arrived in South Africa</a> for a two day state visit. I was expecting <span class="caps">COSATU</span> to be a bit more vocal about his visit considering that China is responsible for putting countless of it&#8217;s members out of a job, over 40 000 in the Western Cape textile industry alone, but I guess for the sake of tri-partite unity they are keeping shtum. One thing Mbeki doesn&#8217;t need right now is another uproar hot on the heels of the German corruption investigation and <span class="caps">FNB</span> ad pulling fracas.</p> Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:14:00 -0500 urn:uuid:c6aff17ab9cc30c78efa660b6b64e5b8 Farrel http://www.politics.za.net/articles/2007/02/06/chinese-premier-visits-sa COSATU Foreign Affairs National Government