How does China’s surveillance state really work?
Our weekly podcast on China. This week we talk to political scientist Minxin Pei to find out the secret of China’s opaque police state
China has built what may be the most capable police state in history, and has done so with a surprisingly small police force. Many attribute this feat to the technological artillery at the state’s disposal but tech is only one piece of a much larger puzzle.
A recent book by Minxin Pei, a prominent political scientist, reveals the secret of China’s surveillance state. David Rennie and Alice Su read The Sentinel State: Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China and talk to the author. They ask: How does China’s surveillance state really work?
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