Socialism

• He is China's first beekeeper to successfully utilize the technique, introduced by the district government in 2016.
• It took the young bee farmer five years to fully implement the new technique, and now it is helping his family and local beekeepers live a "sweet" life.
• Over 360 low-income farmers in Miyun have shaken off poverty since joining the beekeeping project.
• It has helped local beekeepers learn advanced apiculture techniques and provided them with high-quality queen bees at no charge.

• Tanzania designated Dodoma as its new capital in place of the seaside city of Dar es Salaam following a public referendum 50 years ago.
• Since then, the country has made small steps towards this goal – including the relocation of Parliament in 2017 – but Dodoma remained the national capital only in name.

What’s the background to Tanzania’s capital city relocation?

• To take advantage of Dar es Salaam’s protected harbour, the German government chose Dar es Salaam as the capital of German East Africa rather than the well-established port of Bagamoyo a mere 60km north.
• The first president of Tanzania, Julius Kambarage Nyerere, announced the planned move from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma in 1973.
• It was decided that Dar es Salaam would continue to serve as the nation’s principal port and commercial capital.
• Dodoma was a capital nobody desired, and some called it a political hoax or a white elephant project.

Why was the relocation necessary?

• Moving the capital aimed to redistribute some of the population and ease pressure on resources and public services in Dar es Salaam.
• The rate of population growth in Dar es Salaam region has decreased from 5.6% in 2012 to 2.1% in 2022.
• Uneven development: Tanzania’s development was heavily concentrated in Dar es Salaam and other coastal regions.

Why has it taken so long?

• Despite the clear benefits, the relocation process has been slow due to a combination of political, economic, and logistical factors.
• But the 50-year journey culminated on 20 May 2023, with the opening of the new State House building in Chamwino, Dodoma.

What challenges does Dodoma face as the new capital?

• Two districts in Dodoma region, Dodoma and Chamwino, comprise the new capital city with roughly 765,179 and 486,176 people respectively.
• Service provision in Dodoma has been improving but still lags behind Dar es Salaam.
• It is anticipated that by the end of 2023, more than 1,500 officials will have moved to Dodoma as part of the relocation.
• Despite these efforts by the government, Dodoma might not be fully ready to handle a massive population influx from other regions.

What can Tanzania learn from other African countries?

• The country can also learn from South Africa’s approach of developing more than one city as a capital.
• Tanzania should continue to invest in the development of Dar es Salaam as an economic hub and maximise its growth potential.
• By considering these lessons, Tanzania can ensure a successful transition, and promote long-term growth and development in Dodoma and the whole country.

• BEIJING, May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from China Daily:
  A special presentation on "The Practice of the Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era in Hubei" was held in Wuhan, Hubei province on Tuesday, with six guests sharing their fascinating stories.
• Zhou Zongkun, a member of a satellite navigation and positioning technology research center at Wuhan University, revealed the behind-the-scenes application of China's successful Beidou satellite navigation system.
• After graduating from university in 2014 she returned to her hometown and leveraged e-commerce tools to sell local agricultural products.
• Mao Weiqi, chief engineer of China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group, pointed out that as the "city of bridge design" Wuhan is constantly breaking world records in bridge construction.

• Trump is unlikely to wind up in an orange jumpsuit, at least not on this indictment, and probably not before November 2024, in any case.
• Yet if he does, he would not be the first candidate to run for the White House from the Big House.
• In the election of 1920, Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist Party presidential candidate, polled nearly a million votes without ever hitting the campaign trail.
• By the time he was imprisoned for sedition, Eugene Victor Debs had enjoyed a lifetime of running afoul of government authority.

Representing American socialism

• For the next 30 years, Debs was the face of socialism in America.
• He ran for president four times, in 1900, 1904, 1908 and 1912, garnering around a million votes in the last cycle.
• In April 1917, when America joined World War I’s bloodbath in Europe, Debs became a fierce opponent of American involvement in what he saw as a death cult orchestrated by rapacious munitions manufacturers.
• One June 18, 1918, in an address in Canton, Ohio, he declared that American boys were “fit for something better than for cannon fodder.” In short order, he was arrested and convicted of violating the Sedition Act.

A ‘front cell’ campaign

• Yet Debs did not let incarceration keep his message from the voters.
• In a wry response to Harding’s “front porch” campaign style, in which the Republican candidate received visits from the front porch of his home in Marion, Ohio, the Socialist Party announced that its candidate would conduct a “front cell” campaign from Atlanta.
• The New York Times was aghast that a felon might canvass for votes from the motion picture screen.

Public opinion turns

• Debs was a distant third, but he had won 3.4% of the electorate – 913,693 votes.
• Debs’ personal best showing was in the presidential election of 1912, with 6% of the vote.
• But public opinion had turned emphatically in favor of the convict-candidate.
• He raised his hat in one hand, his cane in the other, and waved back at them.