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Massive New Chinese-financed Cultural Center Takes Shape in Kinshasa

by Eric Olander

Three years after Chinese contractors broke ground to build the new Central African Cultural and Arts Center in the DR Congo capital of Kinshasa, the 36,000-square-meter development is now taking shape.

Outgoing Chinese ambassador to the DRC, Zhu Jing, posted an update on Twitter about the complex’s construction that when finished will have a 2,000-seat main theater along with an 800-seat rehearsal hall.

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