We have been harmonised : life in China's surveillance state /
Kai Strittmatter ; translation by Ruth Martin.
- Updated edition.
- 341 pages
"First published in Germany by Piper Verlag GmbH, Munich/Berlin"--Title page verso.
New China, new world : a preface -- The word : how autocrats hijack our language -- The weapon : how terror and law complement each other -- The pen : how propaganda works -- The net : how the party learned to love the internet -- The clean sheet : why the people have to forget -- 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 : how the party is updating its rule with artificial intelligence -- The new man : how big data and a social credit system are meant to turn people into good subjects -- The subject : how dictatorship warps minds -- The iron house : how a few defiant citizens are refuting the lie -- The gamble : when power stands in its own way -- The illusion : how everyone imagines his own China -- The world : how China exerts its influence -- The future : when all roads lead to Beijing.
"During the Covid-19 pandemic, it took China ten days to build a 1,000 bed hospital. Beijing took action, Western democracies dithered. That's the story they tell in China, and few would disagree. Few would dae. At Tiananmen Square, tanks and bullets put an end to disagreement. A generation later, powerful new technologies watch and control - "harmonise" - the masses. In 'Smart Cities', armies of algorithms and cameras mine daa from every human action. Run a red light, and the Party will know. Joe abotu how President Xi looks like a dumpling, and you might end up n jail. Ask awkward questions about the virus of the 're-education camps' in Xinjiang, and you could simply disappear. And the Party's plans go beyond China. On every continent, governments are snapping up Beijing's "Operating System for Dictators", while western writers, publishers, and even major brands and sports stars are forced to apologise for speaking out about Hong Kong, Tibet, or the Muslim Uighers. In his eye-opening bestseller, Kai Strittmatter asks some long-overdue questions. What does China want? And can we stop China from taking it?"--
In English; translated from the original German.
9781913083007
2019467270
GBB963207 bnb
019348018 Uk
Electronic surveillance--Government policy--China. Privacy, Right of--China. Human rights--China. Artificial intelligence. Information technology--Political aspects--China. Dictatorship--China. Political persecution--China. Intelligence service--China. Political corruption--China. Detention of persons--Government policy--China.