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Chinese investment; SIERRA LEONE: Freetown:EXTGVS young men playing football on beach (4 SHOTS)INTSEQ Chernor Jalloh (Sierra Leone Tourism Minister) shows Hilsum maps of Chinese scheme to builtd luxury housing resort on beach front area in FreetownChernor Jalloh (Sierra Leone Tourism Minister) interview SOT- the early bird catches the worm. we are a post-conflict country, at this point we cannot waitEXTGV roofs of shanty town, road with pedestrians in f/gMS young girl carries sack and item of furniture on her headTLMS woman sits in street selling cigarettes, child at her sideTGV huts of shanty twon, woman sits in street selling cigarettesTMS woman scrubbing clothes in tub in streetLS group of young men stand about in shanty town streeti/cBintumani Hotel:INTMS doorman opens door of newly reconstructed hotel (rebuilt with Chinese money), Chinese figure on glass doorGV hotel lobby, Chinese lantern hangs from ceilingLMS clocks on wall in lobby showing time in Freetown and BeijingMS sign on ladies toilet door in English and ChineseChinese Hotel manager shows Hilsum around hotel (3 SHOTS)GV view of sea and shoreline from hotel balconyYang Zhou (Manager, Bintumani Hotel) interview (translated) SOT- Africa is a good environment for investment at the moment, Europe and the USA is too competitive/ that's why we entrepreneurs have come to Sierra Leone, to AfricaLS new Military Headquarters set on hillside (built by Chinese company)TGV new Government Offices and Parliament building (built by Chinese company)TGV sports stadium - built by Chinese company (2 SHOTS)INTSahr Johnny (Sierra Leone Ambassador to Beijing) interview SOT- they just come and do it/ we don't start to hold meetings about environmental impact assessment, human rights, bad governance and good governance/ I'm not saying that's right, I'm just saying Chinese investment is succeeding because they don't set high benchmarksEXTLMS Chinese foreman directs Siera Leone wo...