China’s surveillance state: ‘totalitarian ploy’ redux
The idea of constant monitoring is not unprecedented in China. Indeed, the name of the government’s 2020 project — xueliang, or “sharp eyes” — is a throwback to a Communist party… Read more »
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China’s new totalitarianism: why Xi’s ‘Return to Personalistic Rule’ shocked the West
One Sunday last month, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, traveled to a village in the mountains of Sichuan Province. He wore an olive overcoat with a fur collar, which he kept… Read more »