BEIJING’S BILLIONS FLOOD ZIMBABWE

MONTHLY INVESTMENT: £23m

China pumps vast sums into Zimbabwe’s economy.

NEW PARLIAMENT: £35m

Built the new 650-seat parliament building, replacing the colonial-era parliament.

MEDICAL LOANS: £76m

China granted Zimbabwe a medical loan facility in 2011 and also built a 130-bed hospital in rural Zimbabwe.

ACADEMIC CENTRES: £100m

The Chinese have constructed academic centres and built the Zimbabwe National Defence College, the country’s first military higher education academy.

MINING: £200m

Chinese own 40% of Zimplats platinum mining.

POWER PLANTS: £900m

In 2015, state-owned Power Construction Corporation of China signed a deal to expand a power station.

Meanwhile, China’s Sinohydro Group is expanding the Kariba South Power Station in a £270m million project.

In 2015, Zimbabwe awarded three solar power projects to Chinese companies, or to local firms with Chinese partners.

FUTURE LOANS: £3bn

China has promised further loans and grants for direct investment.