Surveillance infrastructure in China monitors and enables authorities to react to potential
risky, miscreant or criminal behaviour. What type of behaviours are perceived to be so, is …

This paper seeks to offer insights into how China's domestic surveillance market and cyber
capability ecosystem operate, especially given the limited number of systematic studies that …

Countering recent hype around technology, a leading expert argues that the endurance of
dictatorship in China owes less to facial recognition AI and GPS tracking than to the human …

But most striking was the way Xi used the campaign to topple his rivals. Apart from Bo Xilai,
the most prominent victim was Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Politburo's nine-man …

Surveillance has become the dominant organizing force of the modern era. A once isolated
and limited practice, surveillance now pervades every facet of urban existence in practically …

Xi Jinping's ascent to power as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was
accompanied by changes in national governance strategies in the People's Republic of …

It is widely acknowledged that official surveillance and control over Chinese citizens have
been intensifying since President Xi Jinping came to power in late 2012. What is alarming is …

In order to demystify the complexities of the social media and surveillance systems in China,
this article offers a case study of Tencent. It also discusses the historical context, political …

China has increasingly used its technological advances against its own people. Enabled by
striking innovation in both the private and public spheres, it has gradually become the “ …

The advent of modern communication technology has brought new challenges for human
rights advocates, particularly those living under repressive regimes. This report reveals how …