President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda on Wednesday expressed his gratitude to the Chinese government for continuously supporting African countries’ pursuit for economic independence.
Museveni said this when he inspected the Liaoshen (Chinese-built) Industrial Park in Kapeeka in Nakaseke District, about 70 km north of Uganda’s capital city of Kampala along side with Chinese Ambassador to Uganda, Zheng Zhuqiang.
He said China’s support for Africa dated back to the early years following the People’s Republic of China.
“The Chinese have been working with us since the anti-colonial struggle. (Late Chairman) Mao Zedong started supporting us even when (China was) still underdeveloped,” Museveni said.
He mentioned in particular the Tanzania-Zambia railway China helped build in the 1960s, saying the project broke “the blockade by the South…
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