The Oriental Post, a Chinese-language newspaper, was launched in Gaborone, Botswana last week.
Man Niles, president of the Oriental Post, said he hopes the newspaper will enable better communication between service providers, product developers and the Chinese community in Botswana. Since "most of the Chinese do not understand English and speak very little Setswana," there presently exists a rather sizable information gap and communications barrier for the Chinese resident in the country. The newspaper is the first attempt aimed at closing this gap.
China is a major actor in both the rural and urban areas in Botswana. Just this April China agreed to establish a major textile industrial park in Phakalane, and is quite eagerly investing in the country's diamond industry.