Describe The Relationship Between Tanzania And Zanzibar

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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 …show more content…

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

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