1. Introduction and Background of the Relations between Tanzania and China:
Tanzania is the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Tanganyika obtained its independence on 9th December, 1961 while Zanzibar obtained its independence through a peaceful revolution on 12th January 1962. Tanganyika and Zanzibar formed a Union on 26th April, 1964 which exists until today. The political ideology of Tanzania had been socialism and self-reliance since independence until recently where it started to welcome some capitalist economic approaches which include privatization of the economy which reduced the government involvement in running the economy of the country. This mixed political ideology took its shape in 1990’s whereby the country witnessed a big move to liberalize the economy. Financial, Mining, Transport, Agriculture and Telecommunication sector were privatized during this period.
The relationship between Tanzania and China can be traced far back even before independence. The relationship was fueled by the similar political ideology adopted by the Nyerere’s Tanzania and Mao’s China. The first president of Tanzania, Julius K. Nyerere preferred Non-Aligned Movement, i.e. countries which considered themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power block during cold war era. Several investments were made by Chinese in Tanzania with both political and economic motives which included Tanzania – Zambia Railway
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Natural resources are used for crops cultivation, grazing (for livestock), wildlife, wood (as an energy source and for building materials), fishing and minerals ' mining.
Apart from wealth in agriculture, forestry and wildlife land, Tanzania is also very rich in minerals such as gold, diamond, iron, coal, nickel, tanzanite, uranium and natural gas.Recently natural offshore gas deposits have been
He, too, believed that the land did not belong to the Europeans so he was willing to fight for the land back, so Kenya could be a sovereign nation. ( Doc. 5 ) Daniel Arap Moi succeeded him, following Kenyatta’s passing in 1978. Moi knew Kenyatta well and was his vice president for years, being active since back when there were discussions with the British for Kenyan independence years prior. ( New Leaders of Nations ) Kenya and Ghana both were aiming to change the external pressures that were influencing their countries.
In the two-step dance with China, the European nations raced to carve China into mercantile spheres of influence. The U.K fought repeated opium wars. Nonetheless, the U.S maintained a more nuanced, enlightened open door policy built upon free markets. Additionally, the administration in the U.S pursued a relatively peaceful policy Vis a Vis China based upon shared interests in trade and political stability (Nathan & Gilley, 2003). China has since loomed large on Vietnam’s international decision making.
Document 1 depicts the leader of the Chinese Communist party, Mao Zedong,’s written report that describes peasants’ strong nationalism. His written report uses strong words as “corrupt” and “evil” which describes peasants’ enemies, such as officials and landowners. Mao wanted to uprise the sense of nationalism by mentioning the peasants’ enemies. However, Mao Zedong is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, so he might exaggerated the state of peasants in order to gain trusts from the peasants. According to document 2, a sense of nationalism is shown in the discussion between a teenaged peasant and his grandfather.
(Villafaña 6) The USSR and the U.S. understood the need to avoid military conflict with each other so countries not in the NATO and WTO became the best battle grounds colonial and newly independent countries in Asia and Africa (Natufe 355) Partnered with Africa’s anti-colonial movement in 1956 (Natufe 356) Soviet foreign minister stated if the USSR could not get an Italian country, it should focus on Belgian Congo. (Namikas 80) Krushchev became the leader of anti-imperialism in Africa to increase the communist movement (Namikas 81)
Muehlenbeck writes that Eisenhower believed that Africans were not “mature enough” to gain independence. While Eisenhower himself did not see the importance of West Africa, a member of his administration, Richard Nixon, similarly to JFK, viewed West Africa as critical to the Foreign Policy of the United States. President Kennedy, on the other hand was an early support of West African independence. This is due to his impressions of the new nations as strategic points for the Cold War. JFK created strong relationships with the leaders of the new nations, especially in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
Africa is known as the origin of the human race. Since that is the case, Africa has had the most opportunities to impress the modern world. Africa has done just that. Africa had three major kingdoms, each of which were major successes. Throughout history, Africa’s kingdoms have utilized their natural resources to become some of the most prosperous kingdoms the world has ever seen.
The relationship between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Guomindang (GMD) began in 1923 when the two parties joined together in the First United Front; to end warlordism. Although this alliance ended in 1927, following the Shanghai Massacre and other conflicts, they still agreed to re-unite in 1936. This time to stop Japanese aggression. By 1940 the Second United Front had ended and in 1945 the Chinese Civil War between the CCP and GMD officially began. In 1949 the CCP emerged as victorious over the GMD; there are many factors that attributed to this success, these are: Mao Zedong’s contributions, the Yanan Period and the failings of Chiang Kai-shek and the GMD.
This historical analysis will define the imperial impact of French colonialism and the influence of Chinese communism and on the Vietnamese people in the pre-WWII era. The important role of China in the development of Vietnam’s history is crucial to understand the ways in which foreign colonists could not sustain dominance over these peoples. In the past, Northern Vietnam had been a part of China, which defines the close relationship that these people had with a larger and more powerful empire in this region of the world. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, the role of China’s own nationalist movements had an impact on Vietnam’s own struggles in French-Indochina. The early focus on “nationalism” in China was going against western
Mao and Deng tended to interact with big world powers such as the USA. This is a big change because, since the beginning of Ancient China, the geographically isolated country never saw a need to reach out to not-so-neighboring countries unless it was for trading silk on the Silk Road. Mao and Nixon met in 1972 to discuss business matters but also to prove that Mao was not out to get all capitalist societies, (Document 9). Deng furthered this under his rule by taking some of the USA’s biggest political values such as capitalism. This shows that Mao and Deng were diplomatically
The transition of power in China changed the dynamics of post-World War II relations. For the United States, the so-called “Loss of China” was a a catastrophe, not only because the US supported Chiang Kai-shek in the last few years, but also because it seems to be a victory for the Soviet Union and the global Communism. For China, in 1949 started for the first time in its history the possibility to build foreign relations without being “suppressed by unequal treaties” by western powers. But China‘s relations to other countries remained very complicated and complex.
The two movies “The Lorax” and “Easter Island” have some differences and also some similarities. Bothe movies have examples environmental issues in them dealing with the over usual of natural resources. In the movie “The Lorax” a man named the Oncer-ler whom was warned multiple times about cutting down Truffla trees from the Lorax. The movie “Easter Island” also describes how the Polynesians used their trees for their own personal benefits. Both movies show that how a rich ecosystem that was full of wildlife and resources turned into a wasteland because of humans.
Colonialism integrated Africa into international labor division. Colonialism is when a country or state overpower a particular state by a use of propaganda for them to agree with their terms without the targeted state or country saying anything to the above-mentioned terms (Ocheni & Basil, 2012). Colonialism in Africa refers to the incident which took place during the 1800-1960s where European states came into Africa and exploit resources. This essay will validate the effects of colonialism in Africa and how it affected the economy of Africa states which led them to be in the current economic state, furthermore, it will outline how colonizers used their colonial methods to get Africans to change their indigenous ways of doing things.
China’s presence in Africa and its relations with African countries is primarily driven by economic interests and practical
2.1 INTRODUCTION Non-Renewable Resources are resources that have the potential to be used up due to consumption or overuse, they have production, development or replenishment rate that cannot match up with the depletion rate. In short these are resources that can be finished, output exceeds input, and they are infinite. Non-Renewable resources vary from non-renewable fossil fuels like coal, natural gas and oil, non-renewable alternative energy sources like nuclear energy and deep-earth geo-thermal energy, soil, and minerals (Botkin & Keller, 2012). These non-renewable resources range from a few years, up to thousands of years to replenish. The local as well as global challenge, is that most non-renewable resources are directly exploited by humans and their existence is widely threatened were usage
INTRODUCTION Water is a transparent and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent of Earth 's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms. Water plays an important role in the world economy. Approximately 70% of the freshwater used by humans goes to agriculture. Fishing in salt and fresh water bodies is a major source of food for many parts of the world.