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Here is proof btw in case anyone wants to read more. From Wikileaks (god bless Julian Assange)
https://search.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09ASMARA363_a.html
<SUMMARY: Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, who trained as a political commissar in China during the depths of the Cultural Revolution, continues to idolize Mao, remains fond of China, and governs Eritrea and its relations with the outside world based on his decades of experience as a revolutionary guerrilla leader combined with his interpretation of Maoist philosophy. END SUMMARY.>President Isaias made a surprise appearance at the Chinese Embassy's reception celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Communist takeover of China. In a rare breech of Eritrea's strictly observed protocol, Isaias interacted with the Chinese ambassador, despite not having officially received his credentials. Isaias was quickly ushered into a private dining room where he, five Chinese diplomats, and six senior Eritrean officials ate Chinese food, drank Moutai, and fondly discussed Sino-Eritrean relations. Romedan Mohamed Nur, who trained in China with Isaias in the mid-1960s, was present but largely ignored by the Eritrean president. Chinese Ambassador Li Liansheng later provided a detailed read-out to the ambassador. President Isaias mentioned ten times during the course of the evening his "42-year long relationship with China," dating from his 1967 training as a political commissar during Mao's Cultural Revolution. >Isaias ate little during the meal but drank almost a whole bottle of high-proof Moutai, becoming visibly inebriated and sentimental as the evening drew on. He remarked repeatedly on his admiration of Chairman Mao and claimed that Mao laid the foundation for all of China's subsequent achievements. Other Chinese diplomats tell us Isaias dislikes Deng Xiaoping because Deng attempted to undermine Mao's legacy. Isaias avidly consumes biographies of Mao and has refused offers of books on Deng and modern China. On a monthly basis the Chinese ambassador's chef gets a request from Isaias to send over a Chinese meal. Ambassador Li reported that Isaias watches Chinese news on television. Now 63 years old, President Isaias still plays a mean game of ping pong, according to some observers, when his chronic lower back pain permits.
<COMMENT: The influence of Maoist China on Isaias should not be overdrawn, but it is there, perhaps most importantly as a philosophical lodestone for Eritrea's isolated and mercurial dictator. Despite China's evolution beyond Maoist politics and economics, Isaias remains fond of the PRC. Today China provides about $12m of "no questions asked" assistance, is a source of easy-term military purchases, has invested in Eritrea's promising mining sector, and provides political top-cover in multilateral fora. While Chinese today allow that Mao "was 70 percent correct," Isaias seems to have adopted many of his policies from the other 30 percent. End Comment. Also this relationship just serves as further proof that if you take control of your homeland with a vanguard party China is willing and able to secretly provide your new government assistance. Western leftists and mautists are just mad because they want China to do everything for them immediately including fighting their own civil war for them. This guy literally got a Chinese ambassador's chef as a free meal provider lmao.
Edit: Formatting screwed up my bad