A rare glimpse inside a Chinese service center in Dar es Salaam reveals a dual strategy for Beijing: helping citizens abroad while replicating the tools China uses elsewhere to keep tabs on them.
The center and dozens of others around the world illustrate the long arm of Beijing’s influence.
The overseas centers operate under the auspices of a Chinese Communist Party bureau tasked with amplifying political support for the party and marginalizing dissent, raising concerns about the CCP’s authoritarian reach into overseas Chinese communities, analysts say.
The Chinese Communist Party is teaching African leaders its authoritarian alternative to democracy at its first overseas training school.
Read more in Axios' investigative series, China's Shadow Empire.
