{"product_id":"surveillance-state-inside-chinas-quest-to-launch-a-new-era-of-social-control-9781250256690","title":"Surveillance State: Inside China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere is the line between digital utopia and digital police state?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurveillance State\u003c\/i\u003e tells the gripping, startling, and detailed story of how China's Communist Party is building a new kind of political control: shaping the will of the people through the sophisticated--and often brutal--harnessing of data. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is a story born in Silicon Valley and America's \"War on Terror,\" and now playing out in alarming ways on China's remote Central Asian frontier. As ethnic minorities in a border region strain against Party control, China's leaders have built a dystopian police state that keeps millions under the constant gaze of security forces armed with AI. But across the country in the city of Hangzhou, the government is weaving a digital utopia, where technology helps optimize everything from traffic patterns to food safety to emergency response. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-winning journalists Josh Chin and Liza Lin take readers on a journey through the new world China is building within its borders, and beyond. Telling harrowing stories of the people and families affected by the Party's ambitions, \u003ci\u003eSurveillance State\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a future that is already underway--a new society engineered around the power of digital surveillance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250256690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Josh Chin, Liza Lin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43733012316341,"sku":"9781250256690","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c279e1b5-45db-4d9c-a28e-b39bbfb2d3d2.jpg?v=1710257016","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/surveillance-state-inside-chinas-quest-to-launch-a-new-era-of-social-control-9781250256690","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}