Addis Ababa
An email I sent to my brother who is now visiting Ethiopia along with my parents:
M---, you should observe and study very carefully what the Chinese are up to. Their economy is on shaky grounds. They are using Ethiopia as launching ground for their cheap labour and cheap manufacturing plans into the African continent. They are militarily threatening nearby Asian countries which don't follow their lead. We mustn't let Ethiopia, and its intelligent and industrious people, become one of the "satellite" countries from where they build their African manufacturing and geopolitical base.
Here in Mississauga (and of course in Toronto) they have their "billionaires" (from cheap goods manufactured in countries like Ethiopia) invest in the condo real estate market at million-dollar auctions, and thereby artificially skewing (up) housing prices.
There are other allies Ethiopia can pursue and establish: Germans, French, Americans, Canadians. The possibilities are endless.
Help Ethiopia in her renaissance.
K---