Just because of a port, Tanzania, which has been aided by Our country for decades, defected to Britain and Japan, how did it end

Is Tanzania a true friend of China? In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, China assisted Tanzania in its development during the most difficult period. We thought that decades of friendly cooperation would bring us candid treatment. However, we did not expect that Tanzania would turn its back on us completely after a single port. Not only many times to our country, but also openly to the United Kingdom and Japan!

So why has Tanzania turned so cruel? After falling to Britain and Japan, what happened to Tanzania? And what is our response to Tanzania's flip-flop? Today, Brother Cold will take you into the development of the relationship between China and Tanzania!

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The origin of china-Tanzania relations can be traced back to the early days of the People's Republic of China. At that time, although our country was in the situation of 100 waste waiting for prosperity, but after winning the war against the United States to aid Korea, our country's diplomacy also ushered in a new situation!

In order to close the gap, our country focused its diplomatic attention on African countries whose economic gap was smaller than that of China at that time. In terms of cooperation with African countries, in addition to economic exchanges, we have also given certain support to the liberation movements of African countries. In the National liberation movement in Tanzania, for example, we were their biggest supporter.

In Tanzania,

Tanzania became independent in 1964, and our country soon established diplomatic relations with Tanzania. Tanzania is not a small country in Africa, but it is still rated by the United Nations as one of the least developed countries in the world.

As the least developed country, Tanzania urgently needs its own infrastructure and economic road in order to realize the rise of the nation. The most important of these, and the most basic, is a railway linking Tanzania and Zambia.

Tanzania-zambia railway

To build the railway, the Tanzanian government sought help from many sources.

At the beginning, Tanzania hoped to get support from the United States, Britain and other countries, but these countries rejected the Tanzanian government's request, considering the geographical environment of Africa was too harsh.

The Tanzanian government then asked the World Bank for help, but the bank also refused, fearing that Tanzania would not be able to repay the money as promised.

Tanzania-zambia railway

After successive rejections, Tanzania's government is frustrated. They know that if the railway is built, Zambia's copper can be successfully sold abroad and Tanzania can grow its own economy.

The Tanzanian government had no choice but to seek assistance from China, which had just established diplomatic relations.

Tanzanian President came to China with a request for railway aid, but he did not have high expectations for it at that time, because China's economy was not developed at that time.

Tazara was built

To the tanzanian president's surprise, China accepted their request with little hesitation.

Tanzania, newly independent, was in short of manpower, material and financial resources, so China not only provided 1 billion RMB interest-free loans, but also provided most of the manpower and material resources necessary for the construction of the railway.

It took a full decade for the tazara to be finally completed, starting with exploration in 1965. After the completion of tazara, China also insisted on carrying out follow-up work related to the railway, and often dispatched railway experts to help maintain the railway.

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The construction of the Tazara railway has promoted the economic development of Tanzania and Zambia, and brought Tanzania and China closer and closer. However, soon after, under the influence of western countries, Tanzania turned against China...

Relations between China and Tanzania have deteriorated

Tanzania's reversal has taken China by surprise! In order to contain China's development, western countries even openly "cheat" Tanzania. And under the deception of the Western countries, Tanzania was taken in!

In Tanzania,

After the Construction of tazara, China and Tanzania have gradually increased their cooperation in economic, military and other fields.

As China's economy continues to grow and its relations with African countries get better and better, western countries are finally getting restless. They ended up cooperating with African countries to drive a wedge between China and African countries.

The port of Bagamoyo

In 2013, China and Tanzania signed a new joint project, the Bagamoyo Port.

The port, if eventually built, will be the largest in Africa and could become an important hub connecting China, Africa, the Middle East and Europe.

For such an important project, China has naturally put a lot of thought and energy into it. But Tanzania's new leadership, surprisingly, has complained about the project.

The port of Bagamoyo

In 2015, After Taking office as Tanzania's President, Magufuli openly said that bagamoyo Port would be bad for Tanzania after it was completed! In addition, in the agreement signed in 2013, Tanzania promised to give China the right to use the port for the next 99 years free of charge in gratitude for China's help. Magufuli, however, considered it an unequal treaty and was unwilling to accept it.

In an attempt to get rid of Chinese aid, Tanzania's president declared that they could build Bagamoyo on their own, despite the fact that China had already invested a lot of money, resources and manpower into the port.

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Because of this hostile attitude of the Tanzanian government, relations between China and Tanzania have gradually cooled.

However, just as we were looking for a new partner, we suddenly received a call for help from Tanzania.

In 2017, Tanzania encountered new problems with the Bagamoyo port project. For the port to be built, the tanzanian government will need to properly accommodate the people who have to be displaced by the project, but it cannot afford to do so. For the project to go ahead, Tanzania had to turn to China again.

The port of Bagamoyo

Guided by the diplomatic principle of peaceful coexistence, Our country chose to lend a helping hand again, but soon after, Tanzania went back on its word!

To curb China's development, Britain and Japan offered to help Tanzania build bagamoyo port and other infrastructure on the condition that Tanzania cut off its cooperation with China.

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Impressed by the British and Japanese offers, Tanzania again turned its back on China as an ally.

Tanzania was happy to think that Britain and Japan would help them, but it never thought that they were just pawns of western countries to restrict China's development.

After successfully scuppering the cooperation between China and Tanzania, the UK and Japan did not really help Tanzania, but found many excuses to delay. This was a blatant deception for Tanzania and caused it great losses.

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Soon after losing its relationship with Tanzania, the country found a new partner in Djibouti. And this new partner, soon brought unexpected surprises to our country!

With Djibouti

Tanzania's reversal brought China a new surprise. Djibouti is not the country with the strongest economic strength in Africa, but we never expected that the cooperation with Djibouti would bring Greater benefits to China.

Location of Djibouti

Djibouti's access to the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, the main entry point from the Red Sea into the Indian Ocean, is more valuable than Bagamoyo's, and its government is more eager to build a port than Tanzania's.

After several rounds of negotiations, China and Djibouti soon signed a series of cooperation agreements. In addition to the port, China will also help Djibouti build a railway linking Ethiopia and Djibouti.

Ethiopia-djibouti Railway

Because the Ethiopia-Djibouti railway has brought great convenience to both countries and is also a very important railway in Africa, it is also known as the "Tazara railway" in the new era.

Djibouti saw tangible benefits soon after the railway and port were completed, with rapid GDP growth and a nearly tenfold increase in per capita income.

djibouti

Djibouti has benefited enormously from its partnership with China, while Tanzania has not benefited from Britain or Japan.

The Tanzanian government negotiated with Britain and Japan for many times, but never received their assistance. Only then did Tanzania realize that it had lost an enthusiastic ally, China, without gaining any benefits from the British and Japanese.

In Tanzania,

In addition to the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, Djibouti borders the Gulf of Aden. Since 2008, the Chinese navy has been patrolling the Gulf of Aden, and it is very important to have a resting military base during the mission. Therefore, it would be of great benefit to China to build a Chinese military base in Djibouti.

China and Djibouti are already very close, after rail and port cooperation, so there is not much resistance to the construction of the military base.

Chinese People's Liberation Army support Base in Djibouti

In 2017, China completed its first overseas military base in Djibouti.

Since the beginning of the escort mission in the Gulf of Aden, the Chinese military has maintained good relations with the Djiboutian people. The completion of the military base has enabled the Djiboutian people to know more about the Chinese military and the Chinese people.

Chinese People's Liberation Army support Base in Djibouti

China and Djibouti have become increasingly close. After the COVID-19 outbreak, China provided necessary medical supplies to Djibouti and provided vaccine assistance to Djibouti on a priority basis after the successful vaccine development.

In the face of unprecedented changes in the world, mutual help and unity are the best way to solve problems. However, there are always some Western countries trying to damage China's image and drive a wall between China and other countries. Tanzania suffered losses because it trusted the words of western countries.

China AIDS Djibouti with vaccines

In the cooperation with Djibouti, both sides showed 100 percent sincerity, hence the construction of railways, ports and overseas military bases.

Cooperation between countries and ordinary people should be conducted with sincerity and gratitude. Only in this way can we achieve win-win results. Don't know what you think after reading this article?