The Sentinel State: Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China

by Minxin Pei

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 resources of the Leninist surveillance state.

For decades China watchers argued that economic liberalization and increasing prosperity would bring democracy to the world's most populous country. Instead, the Communist Party's grip on power has only strengthened...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674257839
• ISBN13: 9780674257832
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"