From Liberation To Development: China's Relations With Southern African Countries (Namibia And Mozambique) Since The 1960s

This study is based on a topic "From Liberation to Development:China's relations with Southern African countries (Namibia and Mozambique) since the 1960s". It studies the relations between China and individual countries Namibia and Mozambique primarily focusing on the assistance that these countries received from China during their fights for liberation and independence as well as the assistance they received after gaining independence.The study argues that China helped Namibia and Mozambique to gain independence by providing military, political, moral support amongst others and continue to help these countries develop, through infrastructural development, financial aid, scientific technology and many others. The study concludes that Namibia and Mozambique share more similarities than differences in their relations with China. China first made contact with both countries in the 1960s, helped them gain independence and to this day helps them develop. The study also argues that China's relations with Namibia and Mozambique is one of a longstanding true friendship that has stood the test of time, a friendship that has always and continues to benefit both China and these two countries.Primary and secondary methods were used to collect data for this study. The primary method utilized the questionnaire instrument, which was given to respondents determined by Non Probability sampling method specifically the Deliberate Sampling technique. While books, journals, reports, internet sources amongst others provided the secondary data.