The Sentinel State. Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China, Hardback/Minxin Pei

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. Publisher: Harvard University Press Author(s): Minxin Pei Illustration(s): 13 tables Number of pages: 336 Publication date: 2024 Dimensions: 149 x 217 x 28 Cover type: Hardback