To the extent that Zimbabwe was forced to look in one direction for political and economic succour, she was forced to look least among the community of nations that used to respect her. This is why there is talk in the country about reengaging the West. The research limits itself to the analysis of fictional works, which are still few, that narratives the reality of Chinese investment in Zimbabwe. We use No Violet Bulawayo’s We Need new Names, Gappah’s An Elegy for Easterly, Eppel’s White man Crawling and his poem “Ghostly Galleon”.