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

Author/creator Pei, Minxin author.
Format Electronic
PublicationCambridge, Massachussetts : Harvard University Press, [2024]
Copyright Date©2024
Description1 online resource (viii, 321 pages)
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
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Portion of title Surveillance and the survival of dictatorship in China
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.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionOnline resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR platform, viewed April 22, 2024).
Issued in other formPrint version: Pei, Minxin. Sentinel state. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2024 9780674257832
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