PF aspiring presidential candidate Brian Mundubile says the UPND government has neglected China in its debt restructuring programme. And Zambia-China Friendship Association (ZCFA) Secretary General Fred Mutesa says the USA government is being sensational by alleging that China is responsible for the delay to reach a conclusion on Zambia’s external debt. On Tuesday, the Chinese Embassy challenged the USA to deal with its own indebtedness and stop “sabotaging” other countries’ efforts to solve their debt problems. The embassy was responding to US Secretary of the Treasury Prof Janet Yellen who told journalists, after she visited the Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI), that China had been a barrier to concluding the debt negotiations for Zambia. Speaking in an interview, Mundubile...

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