At first, many believed that this railway built in Africa could never work, it could never turn a profit. The U.S., Britain, the Soviet Union, and Japan all refused to fund it.
However, it was built anyway. On the sleepers, written "Made by the People's Republic of China." And at that time, China was far from being an economic powerhouse.
Our reporter Yang Chengxi takes you closer to the story of the TAZARA.
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