The Sentinel State : Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China.
Rising prosperity was supposed to bring democracy to China, yet the Communist Party's political monopoly endures. How? Minxin Pei looks to the surveillance state. Though renowned for high-tech repression, China's surveillance system is above all a labor-intensive project. Pei delves into t...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Harvard University Press,
2024.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | Rising prosperity was supposed to bring democracy to China, yet the Communist Party's political monopoly endures. How? Minxin Pei looks to the surveillance state. Though renowned for high-tech repression, China's surveillance system is above all a labor-intensive project. Pei delves into the human sources of coercion at the foundation of CCP power. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (334 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780674296459 0674296451 |