If someone asked you to be the mayor of a country, gave you 10 billion a year, and allowed you to marry several wives, would you go? You might say: Fools don't go! But when you know what's going on in this country, you probably won't think so. The name of the country is Zimbabwe and it is located in southern Africa.
Zimbabwe is no small country, with an area of 390,000 square kilometers, a little larger than Japan (378,000) and a population of 15.6 million, but it is one of the poorest countries in the world. In the 2014 united Nations list of the poorest countries, the second-to-last country had a GDP of $334 per capita, while Zimbabwe had only $0.1.
Zimbabwe's capital is Harare, the four seasons are like spring, the city is also good, but it has been rated as the world's "most unsuitable city" for two consecutive years, why? Because the country is so poor that even the people of the capital are not guaranteed, the unemployment rate is as high as 80%, there are unemployed vagrants everywhere, even during the day you dare not go out alone.
If you are so poor, why can you still give you 10 billion to be mayor? Naturally because of inflation, in 2009, the National Bank of Zimbabwe issued 100 trillion bills with an actual value of only $0.4. What do you say you can buy for that 10 billion? Here, Mr. Wang's "small goal" is really too small!
Because the banknote depreciates too quickly, people pay first when they go to the restaurant to eat, otherwise when you finish eating, it is not the price. The most expensive thing in each store, not the commodity, but the money counter, is imported from abroad, because the general money counter simply cannot carry that much work.
Health is naturally difficult to guarantee in economically backward places, and more than 20% of Zimbabwe's 15.6 million people carry AIDS. The average life expectancy is also the lowest in the world, with only 37 years for men and even lower for women, at 34 years.
As mentioned at the beginning, you are allowed to marry several wives, because local laws allow for "polygamy", as long as you have the ability, marry a few as you like. A classmate of the inn went there to help build, and when he was mayor, it happened to one of his colleagues, Chinese had a very good reputation there, and that colleague was very capable, so he was invited to run for mayor, but the colleague did not agree.
There are many Chinese aid projects in Zimbabwe, such as the National Stadium in Harare, which was built Chinese, and other public facilities such as schools and hospitals. Just a few days ago, on August 29, First Lady of Zimbabwe, Grace Mugabe, met with the Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe and praised China's generosity.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Zimbabwe won one gold medal and three silver medals, both won by a female athlete named Costi Coventry in the swimming event, and was regarded as Zimbabwe's national hero. At this year's Rio Olympics, she was also the standard-bearer of the Zimbabwe team.
The most famous in Zimbabwe is the Victoria Falls, one of the world's most magnificent and spectacular three waterfalls, with an average annual flow of 934 cubic meters per second, nearly a hundred times that of China's Huangguoshu Waterfall, magnificent and earth-shattering, interested can go to see. ——History Inn hard to write articles every day, if it is convenient, please pay attention to my WeChat public account: mashaohua108