China's surveillance system is often described as all seeing, but there are still blind spots. "The mere fact that we were able to write about Xinjiang ... is kind of testament to the fact that the system is imperfect" People in China do know that they have internalized this idea that they are being watched and so there's a huge amount of propaganda around that.
China’s quest for social control is now playing out in ways that should worry us all. In this episode of the podcast, award-winning journalist Josh Chin explains how the Chinese government is weaving digital technology into every aspect of daily life from traffic patterns to food safety to emergency response. And he argues that this is a matter of global concern: Western governments encouraged their countries’ companies to sell China the technology it needed to build its surveillance state in the hope that economic and scientific engagement would lead to political reform. Not only did that plan backfire but now China is exporting its system to other countries such as India, Uganda, and Singapore. The host for this episode is Katie Stallard - Senior Editor, China and Global Affairs, at the New Statesman magazine.
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