Zimbabwe Celebrates Finish of New Parliament, Built by China
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2022
- The Chinese government has finished constructing Zimbabwe's new parliament building outside the capital, Harare, at a cost of about $200 million. It replaces a colonial-era building, but critics say there are concerns about security and China's growing influence.
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Speaking of bugging embassies…doesn’t the US CIA have a long and documented history of doing that? Why not address how the CIA has been caught doing that VOA? What is the origin of VOA? US intelligence right?
it has nothing to do with Zimbabwe.
@@thamsanqathusi9671 people wanna bring up bugging so why not this
@@thebadstation8416 we don't care about states, here.
@@thamsanqathusi9671 Zimbabweans care about economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the USA and endorsed by the EU
They’re not the ones “gifting” buildings to Zim. Nyoka muhomwe.
Beautiful, modern building. But it has to check for bugs and listening devices whether it was built by a company in China or a Western company
U must be that dumb ,come to my country and built me a building and u can put what ever device and listening bug u want .
Yeah
Stop being Jewish, you worry too much, have some milk and pork
Well said
That's what i always say. It needs intense cleansing. They will always be ahead listen to everything and getting ahead of their plans
Chinese generosity... perhaps true but at what cost? Remember, nothing for mahala! The Chinese are not stupid
It's a disgrace for a country with all the materials to allow a foreign power to do what it should be doing for itself. This is a stain on the dignity of the nation.
Would Zimbabweans be proud if China had built ancient Zimbabwe and "given it" to them?
Of course. Chinese have no missionary pretences. They are in Africa in their interest. That is normal and human. African leaders must insist on best national interests too.
What a magnificent building. Zimbabwe you have friend. Congraturations
it is but not for free
@@passionatenjanikes obviously 😪😪😭
Wow .what a beautiful building
No free meal in this world lets live and see
Despite terms and agreements this is Development. And it’s a great approach for bettering Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 me I dnt see any problem. Zimbabweans have been suffering for a quiet a while .
This does not in any way address the suffering of Zimbabweans. It is grossly tone-deaf in determining what infrastructure is needed. This is a white elephant token. Zimbabweans would prefer to have a transparent reckoning of the resources China has been pillaging.
How exactly is that white elephant development for you? How does it better you or any other ordinary Zimbabwean's life or alleviate your suffering?
@@TendaSithole talking rabish...you have a colonialism mindset... how many years western power have exploring and looted African resources? Now country like China they coming with lot of development & very wise cooperation with african countries...only in few years they have done what colonizers never done in olmost 500 year. Only what they heve done is killing african and stealing our resources...now you you're coming here talking nonsense about Chinese.
Sometimes it helps to be positive @Tendai Sithole, let companies build for the country that they cannot do for themselves. This is good, let's celebrate
@@TendaSithole if zim can develop by itself why hasn’t it done so, or zim doesn’t have the capability to do so. you can’t anything yourself and someone is assisting you, what is ur issue
*WOW!!!*
Then Can China do something about the Zimbabweans in SA !!!!!
This is beautiful.
This is gorgeous
Nothing for free in this world, I bet our children's future is paying for this building and more.
absolutely unbelievable sad thing is that most zimbabweans dont see this for what it is
Tell us what is it for?
@@semimoyo7591 uri ryt iwewe
Ma construction hobho emuzim asi vanopa vekure mabasa
@@christinahmuchena3947 it was done for free doushbag. we didnt pay for it.
@@semimoyo7591 you think china does this out of good will? they will use this to bring zimbawe under them silently under several years nothing comes for free
Beautiful building
EU announces over 60 billion euros infrastructure projects towards Africa nobody is saying anything about bugging. China and Africa relations are largely based on minerals for infrastructure and other development projects. Where's with the West it's been based on minerals for aid. Africa doesn't need aid it's need development partners and that's what China has been offering.
I don't trust the EU oh! Yet who knows China's strategy, it might just be to build better relations among their people.
@@cmartin5903 Why trust China who build with their labourers instead of empowering the community to do it themselves?That is where I like the West(Empowerment).
@@josiahmanganyi5359 Here in Kenya it's the Kenyans who build even if it's a Chinese company project. However it was Chinese who built 14 years ago. It's about Africans learning the technical expertise then the Chinese will leave it for you to build, graduate more engineers. Kenya is training more engineers 💯
There is huge difference between building roads or schools, and building the house of parliament? The chinese must futsek , of course the place is riddled with bugs. Why Mnangwagwa would trust them like they are one of his baby mamas is beyond me. International relations and political landscapes change. Today's pretend friend may very well be tomorrow's real enemy.
@@baroznoma2056 yes I concur with you sir, and it also depends on our governmental agreement with the Chinese, because they have authority to task the Chinese companies to use the local expertise in some areas.
This is actually a shame, considering that China was accused of bugging the AU HQ... now China also secured a lithium mining deal in Zim
China is the lesser evil, as long as US continues to dictate to African countries, it will remain so
Build infrstatures instead of waging war. Now that's a novelty concept.
Nothing secret is discussed in a peoples Parliament. No issue here, had the Chinese donated a building for CIO or Foreign affairs then we should worry. Let’s not forget that parliament sessions are televised
Chinese are so kind right? What are they getting in return? Is this building worth it?
@@kennedyhomu6625 ever heard of srilanka? look at there faith now
thank you 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
True that
@@kennedyhomu6625 soft power. For a nation state China’s size, it’s probably not a big deal. US could easily do the same but the public would get mad about the spending.
No we are not friends. Friends do not have exploitative relationships. The government should be ashamed of itself. Why indebt us (one way or another) to foreigners. Are Zimbabweans not suffering enough. Disgusting.
Saw some quotes worth sharing.
I'm in Africa and I can attest that my lifestyle has improved considerably since the Chinese came to our country of Kenya by building infrastructure, road and railway and others too.
-Barua Safi
@Barua Safi thank you Barua for your reply from an African perspective and I agree with you that the Chinese approach towards Africa is very different from the Europeans. If you look at China’s history, it NEVER colonize other nations and impose imperialism. It is simply not a Chinese concept. My understanding is China wishes to develop Africa for the following reasons : 1. In order to expand the trade with African must first help them to become more developed 2. A strong and friendly Africa will help to counter balance the world influence against the USA 3. There is a long tradition of friendship between African and Chinese. 4. China needs resources from Africa to develop its own economy, its a win win for both 5. China wants to demonstrate to the world that there is an alternative solution for nations development towards prosperity, and China wants to share its own success towards the developing world. Despite of that, China is not imposing its own ideology upon other nations. (You may talk to any person from the ASEAN countries to verify). I think many aspects of these are twisted and misunderstood by the western media nowadays. I wish African and Chinese can both develop hand in hand and not been dictated by the European and the USA
-Worldwide Confederation
Source
Why Does China Invest Its US Dollars Abroad?
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@@condorX2 Just a few titles for you to look up on RUclips not by western media, but by Africans, showing what the relationship with Chinese really is:
1) Chinese abuse of Africans in China during covid. There are dozens of clips, filmed evidence by students and people doing business.
2) Chinese do not allow locals into restaurants. Again testimonies from Africans in Nigeria, Ghana, and I have personally witnessed this in Zimbabwe.
3)Chinese man making racist video messages using African children and about African children.
4) china's exploitation of Africa. The ruin you are wrecking on our natural resources, from illegal gold mining in Ghana and Zimbabwe, the destruction of the copper belt area in Zambia, the illegal hunting and eating of our rare species with wanton greed to extinction like tortoises in Zimbabwe.
5) The poaching of our animals to extinction for silly potions and ornaments, like our rhinos for their horns and elephants for their tusks.
6) China tries to seize assets of African government's when they default on predatory loans. Recently it was an airport, but it includes ports, forests etc
7) China manufactures and releases a virus and then tries to blame it on Africans. Covid.
8) Racism to Africans in China. Chinese teach their children to hate Afficans.
I could go on. Chinese are racist and just want to exploit Africans. Neo-colonialism, a new style and wave of colonialism, but colonialism all the same. Chinese are racist, very racist, in some respects even more so than europeans, but certainly you are not some sort of saviors or friends to Africa. Many of our leaders, as usual, are too short-sighted, greedy and politically naive to see the Chinese relationship clearly and act to really protect Africans interests. Those who do, like Magafuli, end up prematurely dead.
@@marigoldbeam5475 Yeh. I heard all of that. We're on the same role playing with the CIA briefing to smear China remember?
Let me tell you about all the cases where African Americans getting shot to death by police on a simple traffic stop. Wait.... wrong operation.
@@condorX2 Don't be ridiculous. These are all reports made by Africans on the spot experiencing this 'special chinese relationship'. It has nothing to do with Americans or British or anyone else. The fact that you are stating that Africans cannot discern and articulate racist acts without the intervention of whites shows how deep-rooted your racism is towards Africans is. You are racists and you have been uncovered and exposed by Africans to Africans and to the rest of the world. The people of Africa want you out of Africa. What our greedy, shortsighted 'leadership' wants is another thing. If only every African country could have a leader like Magafuli who told China to get lost when it tried to tie up(buy) Tanzania in billions of dollars of debt. He may be physically dead, but his spirit lives on in many of us. Get out of Africa, go back to China.
Nice
Zimbabwe is developing .... it was it's Border to South Africa, now it's Parliament...i hope great things are yet to come....
Those are white elephants the cost to run them is a distaster
@@Sataka23clips I don't get wat u saying
Zim will be taken by 😔
What beautiful piece 🙏
Hatidye parliament isu chero vakaita ma meeting pasi pemuti hatina basa nazvo😂
China owns Zimbabwe they just finished building their parliament
Better than the british colonisation.
@hennessy imwe iri mumind dzemunhu zvayo. Zvaakuenderana nekumutsa kana kupusa kwemunhu.
@@shingiraitrevormboto2105 🤣🤣🤣. Zvimwe inoterera wosiyana nazvo wangu
@Plutoman and i think its zimbabwe alone u have ever heard of receiving aid in your entire life.
China "owns" your mama.
Proud of this! Now we need malls and office parks with the same kind of beautiful design
And it's happening....cause my Hampden will be a city....
Where is your pride???
@@khathurandela737 What you mean? I just said I'm proud of this modern symbol. Is that a bad thing?
@@FactChitanda Doesn't it bother you that a foreign nation had to build a parliament for your people??? All well and good to brow the money and everything, is there no constructions companies in Zim??? Have you no shame???
I think we actually need manufacturing industries before malls
Zimbabwe is a beautiful subsidiary of China.
I think we can all agree that nothing in this world is free. Mbuya Nehanda must be turning in her grave. Rest easy liberation lady of Dzimbabwe. Because the current leader's are selling the people's wealth like ladies of the night. I sympathize with the suffering people of our land 👏👏
It's the Chinese laugh for me kkkkk hanzi "ahahahahaa"
Very nice
There is about a 0 percent chance this thing isn't bugged, but what could go wrong...
all depends on who provide the security software and who is gonna maintain it. If it's a local company then chances might be zero.
@@nasheenashy5174 still parliament discussions are public. there is no benefit in bugging a parliament. Its like bugging a church.
@@theanomally. some things might seem meaningless to the public but remain a sign of dominance over another sovereign state
@@nasheenashy5174 This does not answer my comment on bugging. I did not say anything about dominance. But the idea that it might be bugged is underwhelming.
@@theanomally. if it's not about dominance then does Zimbabwe have anything to get China worried about bugging in their homeland? Yes the idea is underwhelming but that is actually a good reason for showing soft power.
As Canada bullies me, my mom and indeed their own minor citizen, my son.
What
China? Grant?? I wonder what the terms and conditions of that agreement were 👀
Give them new editions of the bible and take all their resources I think.
If generosity, at its etymology means build links among humankind then this building is an absolute generosity. And we must thank China.
Not a parliament that should not be allowed
@@martinchege6256 You should have developed your point.
What is a Parliament? I will say the practical and constitutional consequence of two ideas. The idea sovereign power, where sovereign is understood in its temporal sense and the idea of delegation. In other words, the people that is sovereign, has power and it can delegate that sovereign power to its representatives, thus the Parliament. Parliament is a place where laws are made, this is why the law is short is a text voted by the Parliament. Parliament is a place where those to whom the people has delegated its power are called to deliberate of the common destiny.
China has done a wonderful thing. We must acknowledge it and say thank to China. Some others have only exploited, impoverished, ruined they haven't built anything.
@@clementgavi7290 okay they have done a good thing but don't you think it's high time Africa stops borrowing too much especially from China considering what just happened to Sri Lanka .
@@martinchege6256 It is all about a balance. Debt to equity ratio is used to access that balance in the case of a company. As regards a country, GDP replaces equity.
And debt refers to contract. In this perspective the Sri Lanka case is the practical manifestation of the contract. China is not a threat to Africa. China is a threat to those who for centuries haven't done anything good in Africa. Because Chinese's approach has thrown the light on their failure.
@@clementgavi7290 okay different opinions maybe
Rose said it's nice parliament and beautiful
That laugh though 😅
What a beautiful building thank you china for helpnig zimbabwe ❤❤❤❤
Congratulations
Even a simple building cannot be built by Zimbabweans?What a joke!
I don't know whether Zimbabwe have a rich sense of the ironic or none at all.
In my humble opinion l think as Zimbabwe we should have imported whatever was needed for the construction of the building and the process must have been carried out by Qualified Zimbabweans otherwise if in this Era we are not able to construct a building of this size then we are far far behind. With the money we are blowing on buying ministers and chief cars we could buy the equipment necessary for construction of such buildings.
Have you been to Dubai?
Faxxx faxxx
china is silently buying the government they know how corrupt they are and use this to buy up land in all of Africa, all because of corrupt leadership
People are all over the SADC countries, hungry and they are building a parliament building.
Get your government in order then and do it in old government building instead of this newly built one by China given to you for free!!!
Corrupt building for corrupt people
Zimbabwe's first Parliament building dated to 1898 originally and was perfectly good!
It's a rental. Belongs to the Church of England.
@@teemaro5703 Are you serious? The Church of England have owned the old Parliament building since 1898?
@@backgroundknowledgeisevery3089 I am serious. Unless those questions are rhetorical.
@@teemaro5703 the old parliament was a hotel which was bought by the white government and renovated to what it is. So I dont know where your church theory comes from
Precisely. What a silly, unnecessary, vanity project is this lump from the chinese. Every time I see it, it grows uglier in my eyes.
Roses nice
Well done zim keep it up
1:03 yo sup mahmuud abbas hope you are safe
Solomon asked for wisdom
Does it solve the challenges the situation of challenges Zim people facing?
I think is the other way of Chinese looking of opportunities to cheap labour and take out all the recourses from Zim.
We all know that this guys they don't pay at all .
It benefits Zanu pf criminals
Bt you have a beutyful structur then you complain Zimbabweans stop bugging and applause developer
This is development , what do u want 🤷🏽♂️
@@tumelogerald9585 we want China gone. Simple.
@@tumelogerald9585 you can develop yourselves.
It probably has been bugged
They were suppose to built a mall so that they create employment nt that thing wch same old people will continue to wrk there
Nope it's much bigger than the one we had so more people will work here
And china is building more stuff in Zim....mt Hampden is supposed to be a cuty
Congratulations my fellow country
From one slave master to another, congrats
Rigged with tons microphones!
If it improves things in Zim, then why not...if not then we could have a problem
How does it improve things in Zimbabwe? Where is the benefit to the suffering masses. Is it a school or university that will educate their children? Is it a hospital that will accommodate the sick? No, it is a ego inflating new location for politicians who already have so much self -regard that their feet barely touch the ground. A useless, expensive white elephant.
@@marigoldbeam5475 , I don't know how it improves things in Zim, hence "IF" 🤦♀️
No new schools no hospitals no medication no wages. But a new parliament building
bugged bugged full stop
This would be the right time to governance change in Zimbabwe. ✌🏾🇳🇦
What if the new government are western puppets? We don't need sell outs. At least Zanu PF has liberation credentials
Congratulations Zimbabwe China prove to be good friend to Zimbabwe their are free to come and invest in Zimbabwe the way their want Western Union countries messed up their trust
Voice of America... see eye eh created media. Nice job!
Hi，你好
i hope zimbabwe will not copy the sri lanka situation.
good you must go home guys nd see. the new parliament
nothing is free.
That Parliament building is beautiful pafeya
Nyc structure
Build a parliament and not a hospital or good public toilet in central Harare!
In the BRICS we will believe.
everithing in zimbabwe even is new look old cause of hungry🤗
Old parliament building was built by colonial masters.....
Fast forward 50 years... If you know you know.
Britain bugged the old building but Mr Mugabe discussed the Land issue outside the building
China now new colonial masters of Zimbabwe!No difference!We drive cars made by colonial masters and wear expensive suits from the west and what is the problem?Sometimes people's thinking is below capacity!That thinking must be erased from our minds!We are all made in image of God!
@@josiahmanganyi5359 Independence day should be reserved for laughing at previous generations.
Colonizers
While the rest is staving l o l
Silly really. Parliament is not the place for state security secrets to be discussed. Parliamentary debate s are recorded verbatim so WTF.. whats the fuss?
Just celebrate this milestone, this addition to Zimbabwe's national heritage.
Is it free if so we applaud them
Why do you want it to be free, free things are sometimes not the best things. 🤷🏾♂️
How does one provide a 'grant' to build a project that comes directly back to you because you employ your own companies and people for the job? What sort of a 'grant' is that? The China to China grant via Zimbabwe? The amazing disappearing back into Chinese coffers grant? African leaders who are hooked like junkies to Chinese financial fixes, which are actually nooses, please just learn to say no thank you. If you need professional therapy to develop that resolve then please seek it. African citizens are tired of being indebted one way or another to foreigners and usually for fong kong products and services. Also what is wrong with the old parliament? Government schools and hospitals are crumbling, civil servants including teachers and doctors are paid a pittance if they are paid at all, and yet we are going into hock for a vanity project. Absolutely disgusting! There is no such a thing as a free lunch, they must stop calling it a grant.
Exactly.
🤣🤣🤣 they bugged it.. like the AU.
So that Rhodesian office is not bugged
Zimbabwe China is a friend for keeps, like what Chairman Mao said "the colour of the cat that catches the rats does not matter so long it catch them." Beautiful stuff in post sanctioned Zimbabwe!
china is the new colonizer in africa brittan did the same with favours and treaties that seem good but several years later stab you in the back
Why he didn't build a mall so that people will be employed
Has USAID ever built a mall or any infrastructure for any country
bro....,step by step...
A mall may be able to employ people, a huge parliament too can employ more people. The present parliament is so small and congested, a bigger one would be able to enable your leaders to work and discuss about providing more work for you and your friends in a more conducive manner. You say a mall, why not a hospital? why not a school? Better still a whole city for you.
A hospital with the current Zim situation under tyrannical ZANU government would have benefitted the majority.
@@DavidMandengenda i tell you nothing not even a kiosk
NOTHING IS FOR MAHALA!!!!
Hope they build that parliment ukukhuluma into ezilengqondo cz people are sffrng outside there end sothatha ngenkani
But the questions is why China is building a parliament to Zimbabwe
I wish Mogabe was still alive to see this nonsense.
Mugabe would have approved of it.
Vision2030🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼
Tune utsinye tuvanhu utwu maona masekere akaita tuma tsotsi kuita ushamwari nema China zvakaoma
hamuna nyaya
we need voice of zimbabwe not of america
Great CHINA🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
What UK or EU counties or USA did for Zimbabwe ????
There need to be nice landscaping by real African trees Marula,Mopany,Whistling thorn,African tulip,Junipers ,Syracuse figs
Chana have bugged the building
Better than sanctions🎉🎉🎉
What gain will it be if they bug it 🤔
They need to debug ! This building ! There is no such thing as free lunch! Who builds such a good building just for nothing! Never trust people who walk and see with eyes closed…,
Wr is thay water coming from
Other than few developed countries in the world, all under-developed and least developed countries are developing their relations with China as the later is making tangible contribution in their infrastructural development. It is natural that people love to maintain relation with that person who come to help them. Many people may not like it. But this is a new reality. The world order is changing very quickly. In order to maintain peace in the world people need to learn how to adapt with this new reality.
China is more reliable partner
The new reality is communism is digging in. Not acceptable.
Zimbabwe should set up military bases near the Invictus sites and in the Cabora basin, especially considering whats happening in Zambia. It is known that some countries cannot be trusted.
From one colonist to another
Makati muHarare hamuna mvura zviya?
Good job. Let Africans live better
LOL. You mean let Africa keep being at the mercy of others to live better.
This is sad man. Africa will never stands on its own
And why no one respects Africans especially African men.
What about us the people who voted for you we do not have houses to live in busy talking about the parliament
People are cheap, Governments are cheaper, yet determine the value.
Izimbabwe idinga izibhedlela
Divide and conquer