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We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China's Surveillance State
We Have Been Harmonized Life in China's Surveillance State
Author: Kai Strittmatter
ISBN-13: 9780063028616
ISBN-10: 0063028611
Publication Date: 9/1/2020
Pages: 512
Edition: Large type / Large p
Rating:
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5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: HarperLuxe
Book Type: Paperback
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This book is eye opening and even frightening. It describes how China's Communist government controls and silences its citizenry through strategies such as public shaming. The goal is to get people to police themselves, their families, and their neighbors, so that the government gets maximum impact with the least effort. Technology has made it easier for surveillance and for the imposition of consequences, i.e., "bad" behavior ends vacation plans because you can't buy plane tickets or reserve a hotel room. This is a book that will have you appreciating freedoms you didn't even realize that you could lose under a repressive government.