Zambia opens memorial for Chinese railway workers who died building Africa’s Tazara line
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A memorial park opened in Zambia’s capital Lusaka on August 10, 2022, to honour Chinese workers who died during construction of the Tanzania-Zambia (Tazara) railway. The rail line has been critical to Zambia, in part as an export link to move copper from the landlocked nation to seaports in Tanzania. It was also China’s largest foreign aid project in Africa ever, after Beijing stepped in to fund the railway after neighbouring white-controlled territories cut off previously used routes. Nearly 50,000 Chinese worked on the project and more than 160 died during construction which lasted from 1970 to 1975.
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True heroes Much respect from South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇲🇹🇿🇨🇳
@inclusivelove5165
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Friendship and love and peace
@Jimmy-cf3sd
Жыл бұрын
No Babylon can be a real citizen in any where in my Africans soil, even if the money mongers rulers in government wants to take bribes to sell out Africa land to Babylonians, we Africans are not fools we are watching and is better I turn my life to become a rebel than to allow f**king Babylonian from, Europe, Asians to come and take Africa and claiming forever citizenship in our Africa but they denied us the same in their own countries they think we are fools . Afrikaans , Dutch and Indians go back to your country of origin and leaves Africans alone. Cow worshippers from India go back to New Delhi and Utta predeash where your Yogis is evacuating all foreigners to leave India. Indians in Kenya, Durban South Africa and even in Lagos claiming citizenship go back to your country India. Africans children's wakes up and start acting wickedness to wickedness because we are getting lost and weaker by celebrating Chinese and Indians and British Infultirationist.
@user-he4zp7on7x
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thanks you,welcome visit China
They died there for construction, development and friendship. They didn't die there killing local people.
@khybar17
Жыл бұрын
?
@amossutandi
Жыл бұрын
@@khybar17 unlike american aid in afghanistan, syria, iraq, lybia, vietnam, somalia,etc...
@qiaofengchen3356
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@@khybar17 native Americans 、native Australians
@schlafmuetzeshanghai
Жыл бұрын
Word
@teamzoey3923
Жыл бұрын
loan free 2!!! datz a real friend rite der
Thank you Zambia for remembering my dead country men.
I really respect the recognition and friendship between the 2 countries but I also hope that both parties could delve deep to prevent workplace deaths.
@Makes_me_wonder
Жыл бұрын
They have respect for the chinese workers but they don't have friendship with China. China under the CCP's rule will never have any true allies.
@scalarnai
Жыл бұрын
Three countries, Zambia, Tanzania and China
@Dad-lu1oi
Жыл бұрын
This was during 1970-1975 I’m sure they have much better protection now
@Tonyx.yt.
Жыл бұрын
There's no Friends between nations, just common interest And falling in debt traps for building low quality infrastructure built with chinese money by chinese companies isnte the smartest move but i dont expect much difference from africans
@dunbass7149
Жыл бұрын
Friendship is a funny word for colonialism
I'm happy that the fallen ones received basic respect and recognition
@zilun
Жыл бұрын
Not if they had died in China.
@user-ox1bh3vh2t
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree! Zambian brothers showed themselves as grateful nation.
@verner3600
Жыл бұрын
@Lillee Miyazono That's an if. China (the government) has a reputation of being xenophobic so I'm actually curious if China had recognized any.
@oleh9799
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@@zilun Ki jia kow sai te sai gu sai Tiew Gou Lei
@oleh9799
Жыл бұрын
@@verner3600 Ki jia kow sai te sai gu sai Hor Lang Kan
Those who died during the works on the railway are also heroes.
@mozambique9113
Жыл бұрын
nobody should be called a hero unless they died killing citizens in country abroad 😂😂😂🤣🤣
@arian6565
Жыл бұрын
That's the whoel premise of the video
The US need memorial to honour the chinese coolie workers that built the continental railway as well.
@nzmanhdee6246
Жыл бұрын
There are
@viktorcheng2061
Жыл бұрын
and the Canadian Pacific Railway, around 600 Chinese died building it
@michalherman15
Жыл бұрын
uygurs 🤔
@david50665
Жыл бұрын
@@michalherman15 i suppose u have rock solid proof....or i thought people don't believe the mainstream news anymore but strangely for this 1 ur very docile and believes the cool aide 110%
@grandwonder5858
Жыл бұрын
@@michalherman15 And what about the American Indians that you slaughtered? Or the Hawaiian people that you murdered and imprisoned in order to steal their islands? What say you Mr. Hypocrite?
Respect For Those Who Died For Making An Opportunity Of Safe & Pleasent Journey For African Mankind. 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 🎉🎊🎁🎀🎊🎉
@kevinduliesco5468
Жыл бұрын
"African mankind" You really need to learn English or someone would call you out again
@tomaccino
Жыл бұрын
I would also like to raise awareness for all the people who died in Sihanoukville while building a casino town. May the chinese victims of their own organized crime rest in peace 🙏
All of them deserve respect for making better future for everyone
Those were heroes that died. ♥️
actual heroes. They gave their lives so all of us will benefit. Not because they killed so few will benefit.
China also funded the friendship bridge in Binondo district in Manila, The Philippines where you can found the oldest Chinatown in the world. As one of the 30% of Filipino population who has Chinese origin came from Fujian Province I wanna thanks China. * I hope one day I can travel to China and go to Fujian where my ancestors or most Filipinos ancestors came. This was what the most famous Filipino news anchor/host did but in Guandong.
@ekonugroho7781
Жыл бұрын
Many of your country presidents had Chinese bloods such as Aguinaldo, Magsasay, Quezon, Marcos, Aquino and Duterte. Even ex vice president Leni Robredo
@paulramos9314
Жыл бұрын
@@ekonugroho7781 Not only the Phil. presidents, also our national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal.
@JustMe-vz3wd
Жыл бұрын
Thailand here. Everywhere where Chinese immigrants came, they worked hard, positive, and mingled with the local people ona basis of equality. Chinese immigrants means all the best for the country. And when westerners came, they seldom mixed with the locals, never blended in but stayed seperated and didntadopt the countrty. Life lessons. Each time i hear the US talking about the Dangers of Chinese Imperialism with their Belt and Road initiative, i just have to laugh. Go China, go, youdeserve it.
@firstnamelastname6071
Жыл бұрын
@@JustMe-vz3wd Based Thailand. ASEAN should cooperate more with China instead of licking whitey's boots all the time.
@nelsonc3984
Жыл бұрын
@@JustMe-vz3wd, the chalkies still thinks they hold the whip handles firmly in their hands. Lol
Chinese Workers keep the World Functioning...total respect for them..
@mr.someone6128
Жыл бұрын
Chinese workers are also paid less than school janitors are. Thanks to the CCP's utter carelessness for it's people.
@jennyohara4011
Жыл бұрын
@@mr.someone6128 Janitors are actually very important workers...people like you dont really know who the important ones are in society...office worker or toilet cleaner...give more money to the toilet cleaner anytime
@mr.someone6128
Жыл бұрын
@@jennyohara4011 Yeah. But the janitors don't help China colonise and dominate the world. These workers do tho.
@jennyohara4011
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@@mr.someone6128 Who has China colonised?
@mr.someone6128
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@@jennyohara4011 Idk. The half of Africa thats now in a debt trap?
China has been bulding for the longest time. Thank you for helping poorer countries develop further
@lockdown8614
Жыл бұрын
Tell that to the Uyghurs
@larrya3681
Жыл бұрын
@@lockdown8614 That rumour was proved fake a long time ago. Get updated. It's western conspiracy.
@marie01ism
Жыл бұрын
@@lockdown8614 just US propaganda
@mr.someone6128
Жыл бұрын
@@lockdown8614 The Uighurs are forced to work for nothing. But hey it helps fund useless projects used to colonize Africa!
@luckylukewjo
Жыл бұрын
@@lockdown8614 Did you just f* meet a single Uyghur? So why don't you just f* tell to Uyghurs yourself!
China also helped them in liberating from the British Colonial rule. That's the reason the then British ruled Countries like Zimbabwe, South Africa etc blocked Zambia from exporting their products and they were forced to built alternative route bypassing British occupied territories with the help of China.
@sakurakou2009
Жыл бұрын
do chinese people know this about their own country ? ,cuz many of them chinese come to zambia or other african countries and be racist , the chinese guy who made the racist videos about african kids was in zambia before escaping yo Malawi and resume his racist videos , he sold those racist videos to other chinese on chinese social media , and made profit of it , chinese people don't know anything about their history with african countries and many of them look down on africans they think they better then africans , when just few years ago they werent any better and were also poor and lacked basic mean , but suddenly now they think they better then others
@AsianEspionage
Жыл бұрын
Does this mean everybody sorrounding Zambia is a british-loyalist?
@Eckh4rt
Жыл бұрын
Interesting, I didn't know that. I hope that's true
@lutho7693
Жыл бұрын
Yes, it's true, though South Africa was already independent then (but under Apartheid)
@mboihk3796
Жыл бұрын
@@Eckh4rt It's true ..That's why Zambians can't forget Chinese despite repeated western propaganda and smearing. When Zambians wanted to fight for independence they asked help from around the world but no one didn't came forward and Chinese supported them with weapons, training and even sent soldiers to drive out the British.
respect for those people fron wales🏴
Incredible. These workers left their country to earn money, some dying in the process. They deserve this respect.
🙏🙏🙏 🇨🇳 🇨🇳 🇨🇳 🇨🇳 🇨🇳 🇨🇳 🇨🇳 🇨🇳 🇨🇳 Condolences to all passes away building Africa’s Tazara line, helping Zambia & Africa...
My highest respect to the Chinese workers who lost their lives in building railways in Zambia and other African countries. They are the real heroes of development.
Zambia shows China gratitude by honoring the Chinese workers who have lost their life trying to build up Zambia so that the people of Zambia would have a better life. In the US, the US government defamed the Chinese workers who lost their lives to the dangerous works of building the American railroads by digging up all of the dead railroad workers from the ground and forced China to ship their dead bodies back to China because some of the American government officials raised the alarm that having dead Chinese in their soil would only tarnish the sacred grounds of the white race! That was how racist and sick those white people were in America back in those days! And these people weren't even native to North America! In fact, some of the most vocal and racist people of them all that called for the expulsion of Chinese people from the US were actually European immigrants that were born and raised in Germany and England, but within a few years of living in the US they were calling for the banning of non-white people from the US as if the US was their native country! That was how entitled most white people felt about everything being belonging to the white race at that time!
@tomaccino
Жыл бұрын
Ok but what does the US have anything to do with this? Totally different continent, different time period.
@tomaccino
Жыл бұрын
@winterbreak Here the video gives respect to workers of chinese descent in a country with no connection to the USA. The construction of american railways by workers of that same ethnicity/nationality is irrelevant in this context. Why even bring that issue up? Oh, I know, the rivalry, right?
@tedaspane1493
Жыл бұрын
@@tomaccino- It just shows different treatments by both countries.
@tomaccino
Жыл бұрын
@@tedaspane1493 It's uncalled for, it's only stirs up more hate between the two superpowers... You know people write that on purpose.
@morgoli2916
Жыл бұрын
keep coping
Proud to be Zambian 🇿🇲❤️🇨🇳
Salute from Iraq 🇮🇶 to those heroes. May Allah forgive them for their had work and sincere efforts to rebuild Africa 🌍 🙏 ❤️.
@mr.someone6128
Жыл бұрын
China are killing and cleansing Muslims as we speak. So i doubt your Allah will forgive em.
salute and respect!
Although they lie forever far away from home, I’m sure these workers will rest in peace in a country that remembers and honours them.
Much respect from Malawi
@African_experience
Жыл бұрын
Much respect from zambia
Great message from Zambia Love from Kerala, India 🇿🇲🥰🇮🇳
High Respectation for those whom can respect other with his kindness ! Love will grow up like A Giant Tree between the 2 Countries .
May Africa and China prosper peacefully together.
Great thanks to Zambia ppl
Thank you China and Rest In Peace this is true heroes
These are real heroes!
@mozambique9113
Жыл бұрын
the only real hero are the soldiers who died killing people country abroad
@Jimmy-cf3sd
Жыл бұрын
Anybody selling Africa out must die and die again in his spiritual life after death. No f*** king Asians, Indians , Chinese and British Africkanas , Dutch claiming citizenship in any Area of Africa all old and new Infultirationist must go back to their country of origin.
Politics aside, it's just fitting to honor these men who died in a foreign land building something that would benefit the people of Zambia. These men were laborers, not politicians. Real ordinary people who politicians don't care about
China always helps poor countries Even if it’s for their own interest it helps these countries
@samanth.
Жыл бұрын
Zambia is not poor
@wynn3077
Жыл бұрын
Help your own poor first, $5 a day isn't high living.
@lockdown8614
Жыл бұрын
Not the uyghurs though
@kamaunjeri9426
Жыл бұрын
Help uyghur first plus Tibet life itself in China is hard and diprezzing Zambia isn't poor
@oscarchute6040
Жыл бұрын
@@kamaunjeri9426 No Islamic countries condemn China sending to re-education camps to learn employable skills.
Salute to China. These railways have served many generations here in Africa. Bless all of you.
Yes these workers shall be remembered by all forever...they died for construction of the nation unlike nato people
Long live friendship of China and Zambia
Zambian here🤧👏🏼 and I am always watching videos on this channel
Beautiful
Let us respect China and remember that so much we enjoy today was built by China.
these memorial, looks much better build than most memorial that build in china.
If death was so common , i would not have gone for working to such a place .
@wowyzaoy
Жыл бұрын
that's why you will never be remembered
@david50665
Жыл бұрын
@@alligatorwithwifi6111 dont forget no one will remember u either
@lutho7693
Жыл бұрын
Cosidering how long the rail way was and how long it took to complete it, it wasn't even that much people. 2,493 construction workers died building the British Ugandan Rail Way.
@piper2432
Жыл бұрын
@@alligatorwithwifi6111 But what the first guy said was true tho, those chinese workers who died are being remembered and a monument is built in the capital in their honor meanwhile when you die your grave will most likely be in the middle of nowhere and unknown by everyone except your family members lol
@tedaspane1493
Жыл бұрын
Storm SSF - you have to think about back then not much technology goes into the construction, it used mostly human brute forces to build it.
Thank you
Really heroes! rest in peace!
Respect!
Heroes RIP in the motherland. 🙏🏻
Respect! Bringing infrastructure instead of western death machines!
Love from The Caribbean
waiting for the bots to comment
@ineedtopractice4981
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wdym
@ydy2001001
Жыл бұрын
These are robot comment techniques stolen from the United States.
@poros4588
Жыл бұрын
Already found a few 🤣 I wonder how they get so many likes in such a small time though?
@someone1949
Жыл бұрын
@@poros4588 Because the bots work together, you can see many like Last chang, pub comrad, etc they all have the same guy operating those bots
Lone live the friendship between Zambia&China 🇿🇲🇨🇳🙏
They're doing what needs to be done.
This is more than a business,, long live PRC, Tanzania and Africa 👍☮️☮️☮️✌️👌 better tomorrow better world
Rest In Peace brothers
Real heros.
We all love china and Chinese
great respect to those who sacrificed their lives for the better life's of the nation.
These were heros indeed 🇨🇳🇿🇲🇹🇿
May they rest in peace.
RESPECT
thank u china!
Kind of news western media won't show to the worId.
West is still in colonial and missionaries mood.
@otisbillups4150
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree !
It's remarkable how much this memorial looks like something you would see in China. While younger (under 40) designers, artists and architects in China are quite creative and able to make pleasing and interesting designs, the design of this memorial appears to have been made by an older, state-sanctioned designer educated in the old, Soviet-style school. There's a certain design language that we can see for example on Shanghai's Bund at the mouth of Suzhou creek: A pillar/tower, carved concrete or stone reliefs of workers with big muscles, simple geometric figures reaching for the sky, often a reddish granite common in China. While much newer art and architecture in China is made by younger artists, official monuments are still mostly made by these older people, often professors and academicians who have gotten the state's stamp of approval. As someone who follows modern Chinese art and design, I find this interesting.
China is a great nation always ready to help other countries to improve their living standard and business despite they were poor themselves in the 70's
Now do it for your own country people.
Much respect to the Chinese workers from Türkiye.
We respect for those who sacrify their lives. Hope future prevention of work place safety and heath be the lesson we learned
imagine the us honoring the chinese workers who built its railroads. not happening. there was even a chinese exclusion act
@AQuietNight
Жыл бұрын
Italians, Irish, Poles and other nationalities built the railroads in the United States. The majority of the rail system was built by these people.
@wynn3077
Жыл бұрын
Everyone knows that story but why like now do Chinese leave their country for a better life.
international spirit
This is a Belt and Road show. These workers passed in the 1970s, and just now are being honored as the government negotiates loans with China. Interesting timing for the memorial.
Cool! Do not forget the local workers too
A discipline and skilled workforce is needed for such a project. Ordinary labourers won't do. 🙏🙏🙏
Love ❤️💎🔥🦁🤟
china help to build US help to destroy 🤣✌🏼️
@lockdown8614
Жыл бұрын
US donates most humanitarian aid in the world
@majesticmania4197
Жыл бұрын
@@lockdown8614 hmmmm i will agree if they help to rebuild those countries they had help to destroy by war
@ashenoneartorias1396
Жыл бұрын
@@lockdown8614 take a look at Mexico and say that again. Selfish loser
@larrya3681
Жыл бұрын
That's the reason US feels threat from China and tried to spread more and more romours about China and to intervene China Taiwan unification. Western world only consists of less than 20% of world population. What if the other 80% people that's been bullied by the west become allies 😄
@skywishr1313
Жыл бұрын
@@majesticmania4197 China larper
Pretty soon Africa will be paying respect on a whole new level subservient
Can we honor the Zambian Space Program though? They were the first humans on the moon and are now perfecting Wormhole technology with the aliens 😂🙏🏼
One builds. One kills…
Yeah that’s cooln
meanwhile the thousands of Chinese railroad workers that died building the Transcontinental Railroad in the US receive and share a tiny plaque on a piece of rock.
Better than how US treated Chinas railways worker 👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏
Zambia ku chalo
Are there still so many deaths in China and Africa from railroad construction?
@clueless485
Жыл бұрын
This line was built in 1970s.
Whare memorial for your own man and woman died when building that train railroad
rip
Innalilahi wa innailaihi irojiun. AL Fatihah ,10 X. AL IKHLAS, 10 X AAMIIIN YA ALLAH AAMIIIN AAMIIIN AAMIIIN AAMIIIN
San Francisco like this
Back in Indonesia they called these workers "aseng" which means foreigners as an insult for taking over job for the natives.
Africa will never be free ....
“路遥知马力,日久见人心”,anybody here could translate into English for me?
@phasusanfujiamornthepadul1825
Жыл бұрын
A long distance proves the worth of a horse’s feet, the passing years proves the truth of a man’s heart
@sinnieleeonUtube
Жыл бұрын
@@phasusanfujiamornthepadul1825 Horse's feet or horse's ability
@user-yv7db4sq8k
Жыл бұрын
😆😆😆翻译 哈哈哈
What happened to all chinese rail workers in Canada and the US?
1 billion Yuan = 146 million USD how did you get billions of US$? (.57 seconds)
👍👍👍👍👍🇿🇲🤝🇨🇳💪💪💪💪💪
RESPECT SALUTE China!
Wondering how many Chinese labourers died building railways in Canada and USA.
@Clarkem1
Жыл бұрын
Approximately 1200 on the transatlantic railroad, and thats the just western part the brought 12k chinese to help build.
@AQuietNight
Жыл бұрын
@@Clarkem1 Deaths on railroad construction and operation were pretty high for all groups. The numbers for Chinese workers would not be that unusual for the time period.
I would have just given money to their families instead of this. Still it was tasteful.
Now time to pay back the uncountable dept that will have to resort to selling parts of your own country.
better late than never
China has developed Africa in a lifetime, that all colonial powers combined in hundreds of years
The comment section of this channel is so sussy I smell bots
@pisablavatski4876
Жыл бұрын
Yes, curry smells😂😂
Why would workers die on a construction project in the 21st century?
Why they didn't hire locals??? Local people need jobs
@amigojose8746
Жыл бұрын
por favor leia corretamente