We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China’s Surveillance State By: Kai Strittmatter [Audiobook]

Author: Kai Strittmatter
Narrated by: Matthew Waterson

“A remarkable book…. The more one reads, the more pressing one conclusion becomes: almost everything we thought we knew about contemporary China is wrong.” (The Observer, “Book of the Week”)

Hailed as a masterwork of reporting and analysis, and based on decades of research within China, We Have Been Harmonized, by award-winning correspondent Kai Strittmatter, offers a groundbreaking look at how the inter­net and high tech have allowed China to create the largest and most effective surveillance state in history. China’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. Commercial 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. Cameras (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. In some schools, children’s facial expressions are monitored to make sure they are paying attention at the right times. 

In a new Social Credit System, each citizen is given a score for good behavior; for those who rate poorly, punishments include being banned from flying or taking high-speed trains, exclusion from certain jobs, and preventing their children from attending better schools. And it gets worse: Advanced surveillance has led to the imprisonment of more than a million Chinese citizens in western China alone, many held in draconian “reeducation” camps.

This digital totalitarianism has been made possible not only with the help of Chinese private tech companies, but the complic­ity of Western governments and corporations eager to gain access to China’s huge market. And while governments debate trade wars and tariffs, the Chinese Communist Party and its local partners are aggressively stepping up their efforts to export their surveillance technology abroad – including to the United States. We Have Been Harmonized is a terrifying portrait of life under unprecedented government surveillance – and a dire warning about what could happen anywhere under the pretense of national security.

“Terrifying…. A warning call.” (The Sunday Times (UK), a “Best Book of the Year so Far”) 

General Information
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 Title:                  We Have Been Harmonized - Life in China's Surveillance State
 Author:                 Kai Strittmatter
 Read By:                Matthew Waterson
 Copyright:              September 1, 2020
 Audiobook Copyright:    2020
 Genre:                  Nonfiction/Politics/Sociology
 Publisher:              Harper Audio
 Abridged:               No
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Book Description
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"Terrifying. ... A warning call." The Sunday Times (UK), a "Best Book 
of the Year so Far"
"A remarkable book. ... The more one reads, the more pressing one conclusion 
becomes: almost everything we thought we knew about contemporary China 
is wrong." The Observer, "Book of the Week"
Hailed as a masterwork of reporting and analysis, and based on decades 
of research within China, We Have Been Harmonized, by award-winning 
correspondent Kai Strittmatter, offers a groundbreaking look at how 
the internet and high tech have allowed China to create the largest 
and most effective surveillance state in history.
China'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. Commercial 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. Cameras (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. In some schools, children's facial 
expressions are monitored to make sure they are paying attention at 
the right times. In a new Social Credit System, each citizen is given 
a score for good behavior; for those who rate poorly, punishments include 
being banned from flying or taking high-speed trains, exclusion from 
certain jobs, and preventing their children from attending better schools. 
And it gets worse: advanced surveillance has led to the imprisonment 
of more than a million Chinese citizens in western China alone, many 
held in draconian "reeducation" camps.
This digital totalitarianism has been made possible not only with the 
help of Chinese private tech companies, but the complicity of Western 
governments and corporations eager to gain access to China's huge market. 
And while governments debate trade wars and tariffs, the Chinese Communist 
Party and its local partners are aggressively stepping up their efforts 
to export their surveillance technology abroadincluding to the United 
States.
We Have Been Harmonized is a terrifying portrait of life under unprecedented 
government surveillanceand a dire warning about what could happen anywhere 
under the pretense of national security.

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