We have been harmonised
Life in China's surveillance state
Published on 24. May 2019
336 pages
978-1-913083-01-4 (ISBN)
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CHINA TODAY. TOMORROW, THE WORLD?
In China's shiny new 'Smart Cities', citizens can scarcely cross the road or buy an orange without the Party knowing, and posting a satirical online comment about President Xi's Winnie-the-Pooh-like features can land you in jail.
A generation after the tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square, China's autocratic leaders are using powerful new technologies to create the largest and most effective surveillance state the world has ever seen.
This is a journey into a land where Big Brother has acquired a whole new set of toys with which to control and cajole -- 'harmonise' -- the masses. It is also a warning against Western complacency. Beijing is already finding eager buyers for its 'Operating System for Dictators' -- in Africa and Asia, Russia and the Middle East. And with China's corporate giants -- all ultimately under Party control -- being offered a place at the heart of Europe's vital infrastructure, it is time we paid attention.
In China's shiny new 'Smart Cities', citizens can scarcely cross the road or buy an orange without the Party knowing, and posting a satirical online comment about President Xi's Winnie-the-Pooh-like features can land you in jail.
A generation after the tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square, China's autocratic leaders are using powerful new technologies to create the largest and most effective surveillance state the world has ever seen.
This is a journey into a land where Big Brother has acquired a whole new set of toys with which to control and cajole -- 'harmonise' -- the masses. It is also a warning against Western complacency. Beijing is already finding eager buyers for its 'Operating System for Dictators' -- in Africa and Asia, Russia and the Middle East. And with China's corporate giants -- all ultimately under Party control -- being offered a place at the heart of Europe's vital infrastructure, it is time we paid attention.
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Kai Strittmatter has studied China for more than 30 years. For over a decade he lived and worked there as a correspondent for the German national broadsheet Sueddeutsche Zeitung, taking the decision to leave the country prior to publication of this book, which quickly became a bestseller in Germany. He is the author of China A-Z.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- New China, New World A PREFACE
- The Word HOW AUTOCRATS HIJACK OUR LANGUAGE
- The Weapon HOW TERROR AND LAW COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER
- The Pen
- The Net HOW THE PARTY LEARNED TO LOVE THE INTERNET
- The Clean Sheet
- The Mandate from Heaven HOW THE PARTY ELECTED AN EMPEROR
- The Dream HOW KARL MARX AND CONFUCIUS ARE BEING RESURRECTED, HAND IN HAND WITH THE GREAT NATION
- The Eye
- The New Man HOW BIG DATA AND A SOCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM ARE MEANT TO TURN PEOPLE INTO GOOD SUBJECTS
- The Subject
- The Iron House HOW A FEW DEFIANT CITIZENS ARE REFUTING THE LIE
- The Gamble
- The Illusion HOW EVERYONE IMAGINES HIS OWN CHINA
- The World
- The Future WHEN ALL ROADS LEAD TO BEIJING
- Thanks
- Endnotes
- About the Author
- Copyright
- NEW CHINA, NEW WORLD
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