The Look East Policy a failed policy

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The Zimbabwean government once drafted the Look East Policy. This policy has been argued by many as the base of the Zimbabwe-China relationship . Today this policy is not being talked about either in the press or in the political arena . The policy is now like a dormant policy. How favorable has this policy been to the Zimbabwean economy is a question to ask. 

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As usual ,there has been some contrasting views of the policy between the public media and the privately owned media. The privately owned media opposed the policy and stated that it was a failure.The Zimbabwe Independent newspaper a privately owned newspaper had an article which read "Look East policy a failed political posture". This article stated that the policy could not solve the problem of the sinking Zimbabwean economy.

View article here http://www.theindependent.co.zw/2014/05/02/look-east-policy-failed-political-posture/ 

The Herald Newspaper a public newspaper supported the policy. It once praised the Look East policy in its article How Mugabe's Look East Policy influenced the World 

View article herehttp://www.herald.co.zw/how-mugabes-look-east-policy-influenced-the-world/ 

It is true the Look East policy was there to counter the illegal economic sanctions imposed by the Western governments but the policy could not bring food on the table . The economy of Zimbabwe continued to suffer even after the implementation of the policy. The economy of the country sank in the even though the Look East Policy was implemented in the early 2000s.