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Kai Strittmatter - We Have Been Harmonised (2nd Hand Paperback)
ISBN / GTIN-13 : 9781913083007
Synopsis
Subtitled : Life in China's Surveillance State.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, it took China ten days to build a 1,000-bed hospital. Beijing took action, Western democracies dithered. That's the story they tell in China, and few would disagree.
Few would dare. At Tiananmen Square, tanks and bullets put an end to disagreement. A generation later, powerful new technologies watch and control - 'harmonise' - the masses.
In shiny new 'Smart Cities', armies of algorithms and cameras mine data from every human action. Run a red light, and the Party will know. Joke about how President Xi looks like a dumpling, and you might end up in jail. Ask awkward questions about the virus or the 're-education camps' in Xinjiang, and you could simply disappear.
And the Party's plans go beyond China. On every continent, governments are snapping up Beijing's 'Operating System for Dictators', while Western writers, publishers, even major brands and sports stars are forced to apologise for speaking out about Hong Kong, Tibet or the Muslim Uighurs.
In his eye-opening bestseller, Kai Strittmatter asks some long-overdue questions. What does China want? And can we stop China from taking it?
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Non-Fiction - The Rest of The World
- Published : 2019 (This Edition 2020 - Old Street)
- ISBN : 9781913083007
- SKU : B003184
- PPC : LL300gm
- RRP : £9.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'Remarkable . . . almost everything we thought we knew about China is wrong' - The Observer.
'Excellent . . . eye-opening' - John Lanchester, LRB.
'This chilling book reveals just how far China has already gone in monitoring and controlling its citizens digitally deeply researched and compellingly argued. Strittmatter breaks new ground by forcing readers to confront the effect that technological change has had on the power of the state a lucid guide to the system and a warning call' - Sunday Times.
'The unholy alliance of Artificial Intelligence with an unscrupulous human intelligence . . . this is the dark subject on which Strittmatter shines a much-needed light. His book should be read by everyone, not just those interested in China' - FAZ.
The Author
Kai Strittmatter has studied China for more than 30 years. For over a decade he lived and worked there as a correspondent for the national broadsheet Sueddeutsche Zeitung, taking the decision to leave the country prior to publication of this book. He is the author of China A-Z.
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