![]() ![]() In some schools, children’s facial expressions are monitored to make sure they are paying attention at the right times. ![]() Masud Yusef-Hasirchin is the translator of the book named a Notable Work of Nonfiction of 2020 by the Washington Post.Īs heard on NPR’s “Fresh Air”, “We Have Been Harmonized”, by award-winning correspondent Kai Strittmatter, offers a groundbreaking look, based on decades of research, at how China created the most terrifying surveillance state in history.Ĭhina’s new drive for repression is being underpinned by unprecedented advances in technology: facial and voice recognition, GPS tracking, supercomputer databases, intercepted cell phone conversations, the monitoring of app use, and millions of high-resolution security cameras make it nearly impossible for a Chinese citizen to hide anything from authorities.Ĭommercial transactions, including food deliveries and online purchases, are fed into vast databases, along with everything from biometric information to social media activities to methods of birth control.Ĭameras, so advanced that they can locate a single person within a stadium crowd of 60,000, scan for faces and walking patterns to track each individual’s movement. ![]() TEHRAN – “We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China's Surveillance State” by Kai Strittmatter has recently been published by Qoqnus in Persian. ![]()
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