We have been harmonized: life in China's surveillance state (Sep 2020)

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  • Additional Information
    • Alternate Title:
      Neuerfindung der Diktatur.
    • Reading Level (Grade):
      Adult
    • Pages:
      vi, 360 pages ;
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    • Awards:
      ALA Notable Book, 2021.
    • Subjects:
      Xi Jinping; Authoritarianism; Electronic surveillance; Censorship; Privacy rights; Civil rights; Technology; Propaganda; Politics and government; China
    • Content Notes:
      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 lies -- The gamble when power stands in its own way -- The illusion: how everyone imagines their own China -- The world: how China exerts its influence -- The future: when all roads lead to Beijing.
    • ISBN:
      9780063027299, hardback, US
      9781913083007, Paperback., UK
    • Publication Year:
      2020
    • Country of Publication:
      United States of America
    • Dewey Decimal Classification:
      323.44
    • Library of Congress Control Number:
      2020288922
    • Accession Number:
      139839600