COMMERCE, Trade and Industry Minister Chipoka Mulenga says people were laughing at President Hakainde Hichilema for not meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping the moment he arrived in China when he began by touring institutions and industries which are critical to Zambia. In an interview, Mulenga said sometimes, it was more important for a visiting President to engage the business community than meeting their president. “People were laughing at the President that he was touring other towns instead of meeting his friend first [but] we had to see institutions and industries which are critical to ourselves. It is not good just for a president to go and meet a president and have dinner with his counterpart and come back. It is...

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