A forgotten demo dashboard reveals how China’s security apparatus imagines total data control.
Surveillance
China: Fears of a Further Crackdown on Netizens Illegally Accessing Foreign Sites
Xi Jinping himself is promoting a campaign to prevent the Chinese from reaching uncensored news, entertainment, and academic resources from abroad.
How Chinese Propaganda Erased Mongolian Identity—and Much More
Soyonbo Borjgin’s PropagandaScope provides an effective new lens on the CCP’s machinery of erasure.
Buy a Chinese Cleaning Robot, Have Your Home Watched by Beijing
An incident shows that robot vacuums made in China might regularly collect and send data back to their country.
Nepal, Belt and Road to Big Brother: Surveillance Tech in China’s Sphere of Influence
Nepal imports technology from China—which is where data end up.
Xi Jinping: AI Can Now Crush Dissent Even Before It Surfaces
In an “immensely important” speech, the CCP leader moved China to a new stage of universal digital control.
China’s New Residential Surveillance Rules: Reform or Consolidation of an Abusive System?
The new regulations institutionalize a system known for its abuses and often used against religious dissidents.
Tecnologie biometriche e vie di fuga: perché il riconoscimento facciale non rende “obsoleti” i racconti dei rifugiati cinesi
La repressione tecnologica avanza. Ma avanzano anche i mezzi per eluderla.
Who Is Salt Typhoon? An Update on the Chinese Hacking of One Million American Mobile Phones
New reports evidence the close collaboration between the Chinese Army and Public Security and opaque private companies.
Patent Filings Reveal the Extent of China’s Global Cyber Espionage
Hafnium, a government-backed hacking group, is patenting technology to access Apple computers, cell phones, and smart home devices.