3. Tanzania-Zambia Railway(TAZARA)
Photo taken on July 6, 2010 in a train leaving from Dar es Salaam, capital of Tanzania, shows a carriage of a train. In 1970s, tens of thousands of Chinese railway workers came here to build the 1,860-kilometer Tanzania-Zambia Railway, better known in East Africa as the TAZARA. Now, the local government was trying the best to attract investment in infrastructure projects in the country. (Xinhua File Photo/Guo Chunju)
Built with China's financial and technical assistance in the 1970s, TAZARA served as an important alternative transport exit for the copper-rich Zambia, which was then blocked by neighboring white regimes for its support to the liberation struggle of other African countries.
This file photo taken on March 20, 2013 shows the Cemetery for Memorable Deceased Chinese Experts Assisting Tanzania in Dar es Salaam. In the cemetery about 24 kilometers from Dar es Salaam, 69 Chinese engineers and workers were laid to rest, including 47 who lost their lives while building the Tanzania-Zambia railway that runs nearby. (Xinhua/Meng Chenguang)
The 1,860-km railway, which took over 50,000 technicians and workers seven years to complete in 1975 and was handed over to Zambia and Tanzania in 1976, was one of China's largest foreign aid projects and is considered as the emblem of China-Africa friendship.
