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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:35, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

AU Conference Center and Office Complex

 * ... that the headquarters of the African Union were donated by the Chinese government, who hacked and bugged the building? Source: "African Union officials have accused China of hacking its headquarters’ computer systems every night for five years and downloading confidential data. Beijing funded the AU’s $200m building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, while a Chinese state-owned company built it." Financial Times - this link is probably paywalled but FT articles are normally free via Google
 * ALT1:... that the headquarters of the African Union are built almost entirely of Chinese materials – even the artwork? Source: "It is no secret that nearly all the materials were imported from China [...] all crafted by Chinese artists." Monocle - also paywalled
 * ALT2 ... that the headquarters of the African Union, donated by the Chinese government, were claimed to be bugged by the Chinese?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bianjing Drum Tower

5x expanded by Smurrayinchester (talk). Self-nominated at 10:56, 31 January 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Nice work, thank you. Expanded on 31 January to the current state. Article is neutrally written within policies, and no copyvio were detected. I think the original hook is more interesting than ALT1, but I have one concern. Both the source and the article use the term "accuse" and "allegations", so the hook is misleading as the Chinese government has denied the espionage claim. I think it would be better to rephrase the sentence, what do you think about, ALT2 ... that the headquarters of the African Union, donated by the Chinese government, were claimed to be bugged by the Chinese? Alex Shih (talk) 08:59, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Am happy with ALT2. Smurrayinchester 09:12, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thank you, I think this is good to go. Alex Shih (talk) 15:03, 5 February 2018 (UTC)