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Tanzania urged to emulate Chinese
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 7:24am
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China’s new economy value of $ 1.33 is slightly higher than $1.28 of gigantic Japan, analysts have advised Tanzanians to adhere to hard working practices and turn to community economy with direct indigenous participation, management and operation of their own technology. “What we should learn is development does not depend on a system, capitalism or socialism is not an issue. The important thing is to see how much the economy is reflected in people’s normal life,” said Dr Haji Semboja from the Economics Department at the University of Dar es Salaam. Semboja said that the factor behind China’s...
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