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That money doesn't even leave China

Interview with Go West

Author
Pierijn van der Putt
Location
Accra, Ghana (GH) Kigali, Rwanda (RW) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (ET) Nairobi, Kenya (KE) Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (TZ) Lagos, Nigeria (NG)
Date
2015
Keywords
Chinese megacities, mega-project
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Business manager Phil Otieno explains the scheme of the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Nigeria. The urban plan for the new city was designed in Shanghai.
Photo: © Go West / Michiel Hulshof & Daan Roggeveen
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Business manager Phil Otieno explains the scheme of the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Nigeria. The urban plan for the new city was designed in Shanghai.
Photo: © Go West / Michiel Hulshof & Daan Roggeveen
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The China Civil Engineering and Construction Company is ready to start building the Lekki Free Trade Zone. When finished, the city should have 120,000 residents.
Photo: © Go West / Michiel Hulshof & Daan Roggeveen
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The China Civil Engineering and Construction Company is ready to start building the Lekki Free Trade Zone. When finished, the city should have 120,000 residents.
Photo: © Go West / Michiel Hulshof & Daan Roggeveen
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Light switch, Great Wall Apartments, Nairobi, Kenya
Photo: © Go West / Michiel Hulshof & Daan Roggeveen
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Great Wall Apartments phase 1, Nairobi
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China’s ‘stadium diplomacy’: a National Football Stadium for Tanzania – a gift from China to Tanzania.
Photo: © Go West / Michiel Hulshof & Daan Roggeveen
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Kilamba New City, Angola, developed by the Chinese company CITIC, was designed to accommodate 500,000 people and includes 750 eight-storey apartment blocks.
Photo: © Paulo Moreira
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The African Union building in Ethiopia was a gift from China to Africa. Construction began in January 2009 and involved 1,200 Chinese and Ethiopian workers.
Photo: © Go West / Michiel Hulshof & Daan Roggeveen
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China’s ‘stadium diplomacy’: a National Football Stadium for Tanzania – a gift from China to Tanzania.
Photo: © Go West / Michiel Hulshof & Daan Roggeveen
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Documents
Pierijn van der Putt, 'That Money doesn't even leave China', DASH - Global Housing: Affordable Dwellings for Growing Cities (Rotterdam: Nai010 publishers, 2015),102-107
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