The sentinel state : surveillance and the survival of dictatorship in China / Minxin Pei.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pei, Minxin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zhongguo gong chan dang--Discipline.

Zhongguo gong chan dang.

Intelligence service--China--History.

Intelligence service.

Dictatorship--China--History.

Dictatorship.

Secret service--China--History.

Secret service.

Information technology--Political aspects--China--History.

Information technology.

Technology and state--China--History.

Technology and state.

Social control--China--History.

Social control.

Spies--China--History.

Spies.

China--Politics and government--1949-.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 321 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

2024.

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, [2024]

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.

Contents:

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. The evolution of the Chinese surveillance state

2. Command, control, and coordination

3. Organizing surveillance

4. Spies and informants

5. Mass surveillance programs

6. Controlling "battlefield positions"

7. Upgrading surveillance

Conclusion

Appendix: Informants and surveillance targets.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Pei, Minxin. Sentinel state.

ISBN:

9780674296459

0674296451

9780674296466

067429646X

OCLC:

1419055794