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The entrance to the new Parliament building. [AP photo]
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa hailed "excellent" relations with China as he delivered for the first time a State of the Nation address at a new multimillion-dollar parliament building gifted by the Asian economic giant.
China funded and constructed the imposing and spacious $200 million, six-story parliament building in Mt. Hampden, about 18 kilometers (11 miles) west of the capital, Harare, as a "gift" - signifying its growing influence on the former British colony.
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