Axios published on 6 December 2023 an article titled "Exclusive: Inside a Beijing-linked Chinese Help Center in Tanzania" by Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian.
The article provides a look inside a Chinese Overseas Service Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This center and dozens of others around the world allow Beijing to help its citizens abroad with everyday problems while replicating the tools China uses keep tabs on them.
The centers operate under the auspices of a Communist Party of China (CPC) bureau tasked with amplifying support for the party and marginalizing dissent. In Africa, China also has Overseas Service Centers in South Africa, Angola, and Nigeria. In Dar es Salaam, the center shares space with the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification, a CPC-affiliated organization. The center's director denied that it has any relationship with the Chinese embassy or government.
