This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2019-10-28 08:06
Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.
On Oct 28, 1970, construction of the Tanzam Railway, or Tazara, began.
The 1,860-kilometer Chinese-built railway links landlocked Zambia to the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam. It went into operation officially on July 1, 1976, as seen in the item from China Daily.
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