“you have to locate this within this idea of building influence.” Beyond goodwill from African leaders, China’s parliament-building drive benefits the Asian giant in multiple other ...

Over the past two decades, Beijing has financed and built at least 15 parliament buildings in African nations. These projects carry hidden costs that extend far beyond their initial construction.

According to a study by Germany's Friedrich Naumann Foundation, China has constructed or refurbished over 15 parliament buildings in Africa. This has provided the opportunity for China to access ...

The existing Parliament Building opposite Africa Unity Square was converted from a hotel that went broke in the 1890s, and was bought at bargain price by the British South Africa Company's (BSAC ...

CAPE TOWN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Reconstruction of South Africa's fire-gutted parliament building in Cape Town should be finished by 2025, more than three years after a blaze destroyed large parts of ...

In 2010, Malawi also got its parliament building as a gift from China. Outside Southern Africa, Guinea-Bissau also boasts of a parliamentary building wholly funded by the Chinese. In Burundi, China ...

Earlier in 2023, China inaugurated the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Prior to that, China gifted new parliament buildings to several ...

Johannesburg - Secretary of Parliament Xolile George says the reconstruction process of fire-damaged Parliament buildings will ... through this project, South Africa will have a new Chamber ...

Lindani said their country is considering building a parliament ... we are also told it is the most beautiful parliament that has been built here in Africa so we commend you for that," he said.

These buildings, like the new $200 million Zimbabwean parliament, which opened last year, are usually given as gifts, with no loans attached. “The prestige diplomacy helps to strengthen China’s ties ...