As everyone knows, China is the largest developing country in the world, and since its birth, it has shouldered the mission of leading the development of developing countries that account for the majority in the world.
In Africa, where there are the largest number of developing countries, our country has received $60 billion in aid every year. Even during the difficult period when New China was just emerging, China actively assisted many African countries that were independent from British and French colonial control, the most famous of which was Tanzania.
Tanzania was once a British colony, and it was not until 1964 that it broke away from British colonial rule and declared independence. Tanzania also reciprocated the favor, not only establishing diplomatic relations with China for the first time, but also expressing international support for China.
It must be understood that at that time, China was under the blockade of the United States, and relations with the Soviet Union had begun to show some slight changes, and it was necessary to find new partners in the international community. The changes in Tanzania's international situation were enormous, and we were not in the dilemma of being besieged on all sides and enemies of the world, and in 1971 China returned to the vote of the Permanent Council of the United Nations. Tanzania also firmly voted in favor of it, making contributions to China's renewal, regaining its legal seat as a permanent member of the United Nations.
Our country's help to Tanzania was also tremendous, when Tanzania and Zambia, two countries in eastern Africa, were just emerging from British colonial rule. Not only is the domestic economy poor and the economy is poor, but there is also little international help.
At that time, Tanzania and Zambia wanted to build a railway linking Tanzania and Zambia for their own economic development, but neither country had funds. They could only lend money to the Soviet Union and the World Bank, but both the Soviet Union and the World Bank rejected them one after another.
At a time when Tanzania and Zambia were desperate, they thought of China, and at that time, China's domestic situation was also very difficult, and its foreign exchange reserves were only a billion US dollars. To help Tanzania and Zambia build the railway, it would be necessary to draw on almost all the foreign exchange reserves that were available at the time.
However, after careful consideration, the leaders of our country decided to aid Tanzania and complete the construction of the railway in a very short time, helping Tanzania and Zambia gradually get out of the predicament of poverty when the country was first founded. The economy began to develop gradually. This railway is the famous "Tanzania-Zambia Railway," and it is still in operation to this day, not only making a huge contribution to Tanzania's economic development, but also a symbol of friendship between China and Tanzania.
Since the completion of the construction of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway, China's aid to Tanzania has never been interrupted, and it has been more than 50 years since today, especially when Tanzania was invaded by Uganda in 1979 and was defeated and retreated. It was our country that not only sent trainers to help Tanzania train an elite unit, but also provided armed aid to Tanzania with a large number of elite weapons. This gave Tanzania the ability to protect its own country.
In addition to aid in national defense forces, China has also made great efforts to aid Tanzania's economy, and Tanzania is a relatively large country in eastern Africa. With abundant gold and mineral resources, large iron, nickel and coal mineral resources in the country, and a large amount of natural gas reserves underground, China has always been limited to the West's resource blockade, The relationship with Tanzania is completely complementary.
Tanzania has resources, but it does not have the capital, technology and personnel to develop resources, and some people in our country have technology and need resources, and the two sides hit it off immediately, and our enterprises took the lead in bringing relevant excavation technology and equipment to Tanzania. Tanzania can also sell the rich resources it has exploited to China and make a lot of profits.
In 2015 years, with the help of China, Tanzania leapt from being poor when it was just founded to becoming one of the top three "economic powers" in Africa. Moreover, because of China's continuous assistance to Tanzania, Chinese state-owned enterprises have seen the business opportunities in Tanzania, and nearly 6000 Chinese state-owned enterprises have come to Tanzania to build factories to produce and sell Chinese domestic products. It has brought great improvement and convenience to the living conditions of the Tanzanian people.
At this time, our country has put forward an ideological initiative along the road, and Tanzania, which has always had very good relations with our country, is naturally included in the belt and road. In order to better help Tanzania develop its economy, develop resources, and develop along the way, the Chinese government put forward the idea of jointly building the port of Bagamoyo in Tanzania. He also quickly signed a relevant agreement with the Tanzanian government.
The agreement states that the construction of the port of Bagamoyo will be jointly funded by the China Investment Promotion Bureau International Limited Company and the Aman National Reserve Fund with a capital of US$10 billion. After the completion of the construction, it will play a very positive role in Tanzania's economic construction, and Tanzania has also promised to lease the port of Bagamoyo to China for 999 years. This is a construction project that has great advantages for both parties.
After the completion of the construction of the port of Bagamoyo, our goods can be transported to the whole world through the port of Bagamoyo without worrying that the shipping route is blocked by Western countries. Tanzania can also make great efforts to develop the economy of the port of Bagamoyo and become an "African Shenzhen," and may even leap to become the first African economic country.
However, in 2015, Tanzania held a general election, and the new President Gu Fuli began to build the port of Bagamoyo under the foolishness of Britain and Japan. Believing that the lease for 999 years is a "colonizer" of the new era, and not satisfied with the $10 billion in construction funds, Tanzania, which considers itself supported by Britain and Japan, has forgotten its friendship with China for more than 50 years, A very impudent demand was made to China: the construction fund should be raised to $20 billion, and the lease term should be shortened from 99 years to 33 years.
China naturally did not agree to such an impudent request from the new president of Tanzania, and the two sides negotiated for several years, and finally in 2019, Cuba directly tore up the agreement on the construction of the port of Bagamoyo. The announcement of the project was terminated, and the construction project of the port of Bagamoyo was handed over to Britain and Japan.
The construction project at the port of Bagamoyo was stopped, China suffered huge losses, all the huge human and material resources invested in the previous period were in vain, and the economic losses were also very huge. But our country is not frustrated by this temporary disappointment, but has begun to find new partners, even though the port of Bagamoyo is not working, and there are so many countries in eastern Africa. There are as many friends as I wish to make friends.
Very quickly, China found a partner Djibouti, and Djibouti's geographical location is more favorable than Tanzania, and it only took a few years for China and Djibouti to jointly build the port of Djibouti. Not only has it brought great convenience to China's trade, but Djibouti, an African country, has also made great use of the port of Djibouti to develop its own economy and become one of the most economically developed countries in Africa.
At the same time, in order to ensure the trade security of Djibouti and its neighboring countries, China built a large-scale people's liberation military security base in Djibouti, providing a strong guarantee for the trade security of Djibouti port and its neighboring countries.
On the other hand, Tanzania, after tearing up the agreement on the construction of the port of Bagamoyo, thought that Britain and Japan could build for him, but who knew that Britain and Japan would have left their hands alone after dragging on for several years. Tanzania relied on the direct bankruptcy of the British and Japanese economic construction plans, which not only became a laughing stock in the international arena, but also suffered great obstacles to its own economic development.
20 21, Tanzania held a new general election, and Hassan became the first female president in Tanzania's history, and the first major event of this female president was to repair relations with China. It also put forward the construction of the port of Bagamoyo, which had been suspended for six years. The Chinese Government welcomed Tanzania's mysterious return, but in view of Tanzania's previous "predecessor" to tear up the agreement, the Chinese government and enterprises in Tanzania's construction plan in Tanzania at this time showed greater caution and carelessness. It can be said that he was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope.
If the Port of Bagamoyo can be completed and put into use as scheduled, it will echo the port of Djibouti and play a greater role in the trade of our country along the Road and African countries. Although Tanzania took the wrong path, fortunately they learned that they had lost their way, and our country did not hesitate to forgive them.
However, some people believe that countries like Tanzania who have been rebelling against each other and have clearly received China's aid for more than 50 years have ignored China's kindness for a small profit. We are completely unfamiliar "white-eyed wolves," and we don't have to help them at all.
However, we must know that what we use to aid African countries is foreign exchange reserves, which means that even if we do not aid African countries, we can only use them for the United States. Therefore, it is better to use China's foreign exchange reserves as the "ballast stone" of the United States to aid some developing countries.
This will not only provide assistance for the construction of our country's belt and road, but also establish good relations with these small countries, even if there are temporary cracks in these relations due to the evil intentions of some countries with bad intentions. However, time will prove which country is the country that truly contributes to the development of the world and is truly responsible.
China's good deeds will certainly yield the final good results, and even if there are some twists and turns along the way, China will certainly be the last winner.