>Recalling the memory as a Chinese student (my name Li Guaiqiong) I first came to Tanzania as a volunteer to teach Chinese language.
>Then I loved the country and motivated to apply to become a PhD student at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM).
>However, before that in 2017 while still in China, one of my teachers told me it is better to choose an African country with better friendly relations with us, what came into mind was Tanzania.
>I think there were two main reasons: The first reason is that, at that time, like many Chinese people, I did not know much about Africa with its many countries, but I could only name it because it was in the lips of many people in the streets.
>The second reason is that I remembered the history of the Sino-Tanzanian friendship from the history textbook at my middle school.
>The textbook also contained a portrait of Julius Nyerere. He has such a kind face, just like anyone's grandfather.
>So I thought, if a country has such a founding father, its citizens must be kind as well.
>My teachers, friends and parents expressed concern when they heard that I was going to Africa.
>They had never been to Africa, and have little knowledge about Africa. The information they had was limited to the hot climate, poverty and a flood of diseases.
>But with the revolution of the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese people now have more and more comprehensive knowledge of African countries.
>In September 2017 with a disturbed heart, I finally came to Tanzania and started my life here. It has been more than two years.
>I was slowly getting to know this beautiful country by the Indian Ocean. At the beginning, I was a stranger to this country, but now I regard it as my second home. There is no extreme heat here as I imagined.
