The relationship between Beijing and Lusaka was solidified in the 1970s as Mao Zedong built Zambia a 1,100-mile railway for its mining exports after the route through white-ruled Rhodesia and apartheid South Africa was cut by sanctions.

• 中国伟人毛泽东在1970年为卢萨卡修建了一条铁路之后，中国和卢萨卡之间的关系就变得更加深厚了，因为这条铁路连通了白人管理的罗德西亚和被（各种势力）人为分割的南非，使矿产出口更便利。