"Kagiso" takes Botswana to China with him

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Zhou Zhigang is Chinese. But whenever he meets a local, he proudly introduces himself with a Setswana name, Kagiso.

Zhou's three year stint here has however come to an end, in three weeks time he will be returning to China to work in his home country's foreign office. He has however promised to take Botswana with him, as he has grown fond of the country, which he describes as awesome.

As he prepares to leave Botswana, Zhou tells Mmegi he will cherish every moment he spent in this country. He says he has been charmed by the Bushmen of the Kalahari whom he says share similarities with his own people. Perhaps that explains why the Chinese embassy has in the past made charitable donations, including the construction of houses, to the Bushmen communities in Botswana. Zhou claims that both the Bushmen and the Chinese share the same word for path! He discovered this fact in a research conducted by a Japanese linguist years ago.

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