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In Harare, One Foreign Elite Replaces Another

Wealthy Chinese immigrants lured by mining are driving a real estate boom.
A house in Chishawasha Hills, a high-end residential suburb in Harare, Zimbabwe.Photographer: Steven Chikosi/Bloomberg

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For decades after independence in 1980, Zimbabwe’s capital retained much of its character as an outpost of the British empire.