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preface
Tanzania is an African country located on the west coast of the India Ocean, and now it has established diplomatic relations with the mainland for 60 years, and the mainland has been helping African countries develop, and Tanzania has naturally received a lot of help from the mainland.
With years of support and help, Tanzania's economy has also grown visibly, and cooperation with China has become closer, and in 2013, the two countries signed a project of up to 10 billion yuan, which is enough to make Tanzania the center of the East African market.
However, it didn't take long for Tanzania to tear up the 10 billion contract, change its attitude towards China, and turn against Britain and Japan. What is the significance of Tanzania's multiple transformations?
Friendly relationship
China has very close relations with African countries, and when we first founded the country, we helped African countries to build up and develop their own economies and trades, which changed the face of many African countries.
We established friendly diplomatic relations with Tanzania in 1964, and we were also actively helping Tanzania with infrastructure construction at that time.
The saying that you want to get rich first to build roads is common around the world, and both Tanzania and Zambia wanted to have a railway after independence to meet the needs of mineral exports and increase economic income.
However, at that time, the two countries had just completed their independence, and there were all kinds of domestic industries waiting to be developed, and there was no extra money for the construction of the railway, let alone relevant technical support, which was an unattainable dream for the two countries.
In the second year after the establishment of diplomatic relations with China, the leaders of Tanzania visited China for the first time and asked China to help Tanzania with railway projects.
In September 1967, China signed an agreement with Tanzania and Zambia to help the two countries build their own economic railways, but it was very difficult to open up the railway, the project was huge, and the geographical location of the two countries was also extremely difficult, which caused serious obstacles to the construction.
However, our engineering team did not flinch, and with the strong will of Yugong to move mountains, the railway was paved little by little, and after five years and eight months, this main transportation artery of East Africa and Central and South Africa was finally completed.
The Tanzania-Zambia Railway is of great economic significance to the whole of Africa, and this railway with a length of more than 1,800 kilometers has promoted the rapid development of African countries in the eastern, central and southern regions, and has become a witness to the friendship between China and Africa.
Source: 2024-09-09 China.com Tanzania-Zambia Railway: More than 1,800 kilometers of railways have witnessed China-Africa friendship
In order to get more economic benefits for himself, Tanzania wants to build an economic port, and he also found China to help without technology, so we naturally agreed, but I didn't expect that Tanzania would change its mind in the middle, and the friendship between China and Tanzania fell into a stalemate.
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The eastern part of Tanzania is the vast India Ocean, so the export advantage is very large, but at that time, there was no export port in China, and the advantage of the sea has been hidden.
After closer cooperation with China, Tanzania decided to ask for China's assistance again to build an international deep-water port in the port of Bagamoyo on the east coast of Tanzania.
In 2013, the project was contracted by a company in Hong Kong, China, with a budget of $10 billion for the entire port project, which signifies that the port will be built into a first-class port, which is of great significance to both China and Tanzania.
However, during the construction period, the Tanzanian regime changed, the new leaders did not attach importance to the construction of the port, and put the port construction in a secondary position, and the Tanzanian investors also questioned the project and stopped funding, and there was a big problem with the funding of the port.
Moreover, Britain and Japan only paid lip service to Tanzania's lower construction prices, which made Tanzania's leaders think that our high prices would increase the country's debt burden, and in 2019, they stopped the construction of the port and turned to Britain and Japan.
This kind of behavior has seriously undermined the friendly relations between China and Tanzania, brought a huge crisis of confidence to both sides, and negated China's positive contribution to Tanzania.
Seeing this situation, Tanzania's ambassador to China has sternly criticized some Western forces for smearing China's contribution to Africa, and even denied that China-Africa cooperation may increase Africa's debt.
Source:2018-09-27 International Online The Tanzanian ambassador criticized the Western media for smearing China's contribution to Africa's development
Reined
With no guarantees and cheap building materials in place, Tanzania realizes that it has been deceived, but now not only does the agreement no longer exist, but its credibility has also been greatly undermined internationally.
It is very taboo in any cooperation to contract the construction of the project to China, but it suddenly changes its mind in the middle of the process, and no one will cooperate with a country that will turn against the water at any time to avoid causing all kinds of losses.
Tanzania's neighboring countries have never stopped cooperating with China, and they have gradually become richer, and have an advantage over Tanzania in terms of economic level.
Seeing that the advantages of relying on railway economic development for many years are about to be broken, the anxious Tanzania has once again approached China, hoping that China-Tanzania relations can be restored and the Bagamoyo port project can be reopened.
Although the mainland has always maintained good relations with its brothers in African countries, it will remain skeptical of Tanzania's attitude towards cooperation.
Our initial investment was huge, but the Tanzanian leader's sudden change of heart caused our company to lose all the aid funds and chill the project.
For us, aiding poor countries can not only improve China's international status, but also enable Chinese manufacturing to truly go global, and also form deep friendship with countries participating in cooperation.
However, there is still a big question about whether Tanzania is a trustworthy partner, and after a long period of negotiations, the mainland decided to restart the project, which not only received widespread support and recognition, but also showed the world China's mind and strength.
Source:2021-09-23 People's Information Two years ago, Chinese investment was suddenly stopped, and now it is difficult to find China.
Conclusion
China and any African country will always maintain a good friendship, and although Tanzania's approach is surprising, as long as we know our mistakes and correct them, and recognize the facts, we will still open our hands of cooperation and develop together with the Tanzanian people.
The mainland is committed to building a framework for world cooperation of mutual benefit and mutual trust and win-win cooperation, actively promoting comprehensive international cooperation, and contributing to a community with a shared future for mankind.
The development speed of African countries is relatively slow, but I believe that in the cooperation with the mainland, we will be able to develop rapidly with the help of the power of the continent, and we firmly believe that Made in China can play a greater role in the world and contribute to the overall construction of human civilization.
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