▁or ▁a ▁loan ▁agreement ▁for ▁the ▁provision ▁of ▁agricult ural ▁mach in ery ▁to ▁Z imb ab we an ▁far mers . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁the ▁P RC ▁forg ave ▁US $ 4 0 ▁million ▁in ▁deb t . ▁ ▁Culture ▁t ies ▁On ▁January ▁ 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁Chinese ▁government ▁announced ▁plans ▁to ▁award ▁scholar ships ▁to ▁ 3 2 ▁students ▁from ▁Z imb ab we ▁to ▁study ▁in ▁China . ▁The ▁scholar ship ▁program ▁was ▁announced ▁by ▁the ▁Chinese ▁Amb assador ▁to ▁Z imb ab we , ▁X in ▁Sh unk ang . ▁ ▁Although ▁originally ▁Chinese ▁fir ms ▁were ▁ex empt ▁from ▁Z imb ab we ' s ▁ind igen isation ▁laws ▁they ▁have ▁increasing ly ▁come ▁under ▁pressure ▁by ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁to ▁grant ▁at ▁least ▁ 5 1 ▁percent ▁ownership ▁in ▁local ▁vent ures ▁to ▁black ▁Z imb ab we ans ▁in ▁accord ance ▁with ▁ind igen isation ▁policies . ▁ ▁The ▁South ▁African - based ▁Institute ▁for ▁Security ▁Studies ▁bel ieves ▁that ▁under ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁President ▁X i ▁Jin ping ▁the ▁P RC ' s ▁relationship ▁with ▁Z imb ab we ▁has ▁become ▁more ▁distant ▁due ▁to ▁concerns ▁over ▁the ▁long ▁term ▁stability ▁of ▁Z AN U - PF ▁rule . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁Z hing - zh ong ▁ ▁References ▁▁▁ ▁China , ▁Pe op les ▁RE public ▁Z imb ab we ▁Z imb ab we <0x0A> </s> ▁F ow lm ere ▁is ▁one