This is a joke, right?

From Rantburg:

“Zimbabwe has turned to China for help in restoring its agricultural productivity after two years of land seizures which are largely blamed for causing a famine now threatening more than seven million people.”

The Chinese. Well, I guess if you’re looking for advice from a country that knows a thing or two about starvation, China’s the place to turn.

“Harare has not revealed how much it will pay China for the development of the huge agricultural scheme, which calls for the company to establish a costly irrigation system. Because of Zimbabwe's drastic shortage of hard currency, it is believed that payment will be made with tobacco, which China buys in large quantities from Zimbabwe each year. But the land seizures have also reduced tobacco production.”

Unbelievable.