China Grooming Africa’s Future Dictators at CCP School in Tanzania

Beijing is establishing ’training schools’ in Africa, with Communist Party officials teaching that ruling parties should be superior to governments and courts.

Samia Suluhu Hassan, president of Tanzania, speaks during day one of the high-level segment of the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference at Expo City Dubai on Dec. 1, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

JOHANNESBURG—It was a day like no other before or since in Kibaha in eastern Tanzania.

On Feb. 23, 2022, a convoy of Land Rovers and army Land Cruisers, containing scores of officials from the Chinese and Tanzanian governments, roared into the small town.