内容摘要：AP video reporter Rafał Niedzielski contributed to this report.

AP video reporter Rafał Niedzielski contributed to this report.

, saying there are “no political strings attached” to its investment. But China has pressured African governments to shun Taiwan or Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, efforts that Neema says appear to be escalating. Last October,for visiting Taiwan.

Moves like these mirror efforts China has made against governments elsewhere in the past., for example, after the northern European country allowed Taiwan to open a trade office.But experts say the pressure against the IPAC members is unusual. Lina Benabdallah, a professor at Wake Forest University who studies China’s relations with Africa, said she has never heard of China using direct coercion against African parliamentarians before.

“This is very new to me,” Benabdallah said.Zimbabwe lawmaker and IPAC member Daniel Molokele said he expects to see more

from Beijing, especially as the Trump administration pulls back from Africa.

“I expect China to benefit,” Molokele said. “It will definitely use this opportunity to grow its influence in Africa.”“The discovery of lead sarcophagi here is a first for Gaza,” he said.

Given the rarity of the lead tombs, Palestinian archaeologists like Fadel Al-Otul suspect that social elites are buried there. Al-Otul said the cemetery probably used to be located in a city — Romans used to place cemeteries near city centers.Alongside the sarcophagi, Elter’s team is restoring unearthed skeletons and piecing together shards of clay jars.

The skeletons discovered at the site will be sent out of Gaza for additional analysis, according to Al-Otul. The remains are set to return to the Hamas-led Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism.Elter said the territory needs a dedicated team to oversee archaeological activity in Gaza.