Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa touched down in China this week for his first state visit outside of Africa. : Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa touched down in China this week for a five-day state visit which could bear fruits for his country's troubled economy. Prior to the trip, Mnangagwa outlined his economic agenda in an interview with China's state-run news outlet Xinhua. "The issue is not only about attracting capital into Zimbabwe. It's an issue of leapfrogging after 18 years of isolation so that we catch up with the rest of the developing countries," he said on Sunday.