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Taasisi ya Taaluma za Kiswahili Institute of Kiswahili Studies
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Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam University of Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA
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From: J L Kamala <jlkamala@yahoo.com>
To: Wanazuoni@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Wanazuoni] The simplicity of China-Africa relations
For the first time, I read something good about President Xi's Visit to Tanzania which in my view, it is great to strengthen ties with China than the rest of the world.
--- On Sun, 3/31/13, chaggama <chaggama@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: chaggama <chaggama@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Wanazuoni] The simplicity of China-Africa relations
To: Wanazuoni@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, March 31, 2013, 8:50 AMAmenSent from Samsung tablet
Mobhare Matinyi <mobhare@gmail.com> wrote:
The
simplicity of China-Africa relations
Mobhare
Matinyi, Washington DC. The Citizen, Tanzania. Thursday, 28 March 2013 20:30.
Just
ten days after taking office as the leader of the People's Republic of China,
President Xi Jinping landed in Tanzania on Sunday to begin his three-nation
historic tour of Africa that included South Africa and the Republic of the
Congo. He had just concluded his first foreign tour in Russia.
President
Xi's visit to Russia was explicable, but his decision to come to Africa
before anywhere else stunned and even angered Western capitals and their
biased press which always sees the worst side of Africa. He didn't care!
Perhaps
what was more surprising was Xi's decision to start his visit in Tanzania,
arguably the real friend of China in Africa for five decades now. Fine, a
third of Sino-Africa trade is with South Africa, and Congo-Brazzaville
supplies crude oil, but why Tanzania?
To
quickly recap, Tanzania started relations with China immediately after the
independences of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, and continued after the unification
in 1964. Tanzania and China signed the Treaty of Friendship in February 1965
when President Julius Nyerere visited the country in the first of his five
visits although economic, technical and military relations had already
started in 1964.
Several
agreements and visits by civilian and military leaders of the two countries
followed including three Tanzanian presidents who came after Nyerere, and
three Chinese premiers starting with Zhou Enlai in 1965, Zhao Ziyang in 1983,
and Li Peng in 1997.
When
the then Chinese president, Hu Jintao, visited Tanzania in February 2009, the
leader of the world's most populous nation and the emerging superpower noted
admirably in his speech that the China-Tanzania relationship had become "a
model for both China-Africa and South-South cooperation."
The
stories of China and Tanzania go centuries beyond modern history, a reason
why Kilwa archaeological excavations recovered many Chinese coins dating to
the Song Dynasty which ruled China between 960 and 1279. Yes! That far back!
The
Chinese will never forget how Tanzania led other African nations in
supporting Beijing's efforts to regain its seat at the United Nations,
kicking out the Taiwan-based Republic of China.
Between
the two friendly countries there is a lot to justify their closiness, like
the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (Tazara), and much more in foreign policy and
ideological matters to warrant Xi's decision to pay such an honourable visit
to the United Republic of Tanzania. Putting it short and simple, Tanzania and
China are friends in need and indeed.
But
again, why did he choose to visit Africa after Russia, snubbing the big
powers? President Xi wanted to send the message that China is serious about
its relations with Africa. Why Africa? Well, historical ties are there, but
in addition to that China needs Africa and Africa needs China, and between
them there is neither hypocrisy nor hidden agenda.
I like
the way Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete puts it every time the Western
press bothers him. In one incidence in December 2011 he said: "Africa needs
markets for its products; Africa needs technology and infrastructure for its
development. China is ready to provide all that. What is wrong with that?"
Speaking
in Washington DC in 2009 at the United States-Africa Business Summit,
President Kikwete told Americans: "Why complain about China? Just come to
Africa and invest the way the Chinese are doing."
There
is nothing complicated between China and Africa; it is give and take.
Africans are aware of the situation that exists currently in which China
seems to benefit more, but these things can be settled out with time and
without the help of the West. Some of these challenges are counterfeit
products, the sudden growth of the Chinese diaspora in African cities, and
the poor quality of Chinese workmanship.
But I
don't agree with those who lament that China buys raw materials from Africa
but brings in finished goods. Come on! Who prevented Africans from doing the
opposite?
As we
speak today, annual China-Africa trade stands at $200 billion, and if the
trend continues Africa will soon surpass the sluggish economies of the US and
the European Union. Shockingly, US-Africa trade stands slightly below $100
billion, while the EU is taking forever to conclude an economic
partnership agreement
with Africa.
If that
is the case then, why should President Xi bother about the "powerful" West?
Is that difficult to figure out? Again, China has what Africa needs and
Africa has what China needs, and that is all we need in our mutual
understanding
and respect as Xi told the world and Africa on Monday. Nothing is complex!
Probably,
it is time for those who trumpet aloud about new Chinese colonialism to
Africa to be realistic. Africans want to move forward and they have no time
with anyone who wants to impose their will on others. Africans are growing
tired of receiving charitable donations and being lectured endlessly; let the
world understand!
http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/editorial-analysis/20-analysis-opinions/30043-the-simplicity-of-china-africa-relations
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