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LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao launched a copper mining partnership with Zambia on Sunday and won praise from Zambia's finance minister for his focus on economic investment rather than politics.
Hu planned to travel Monday to Namibia — his fifth stop on an eight-nation African tour intended to increase Chinese investment in the continent, which is rich in natural resources although it suffers from widespread poverty.
Zambian Finance Minister Ng'andu Magande told the Associated Press Hu's visit was "one of the most successful visits by a foreign head of state."
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