A very disturbing but also interesting and important look into what it's actually like to live in a police state. Video focuses on the reeducation camps and Uyghur genocide of course, but most...
A very disturbing but also interesting and important look into what it's actually like to live in a police state.
Video focuses on the reeducation camps and Uyghur genocide of course, but most people already know about that - what I found especially intriguing here is the "security" aspect:
The journalist gets followed around by detectives 24/7
Some supplemental viewing: China - Surveillance state or way of the future? | DW Documentary I'd recommend just watching the first 7 minutes, then jump to about 19:40 - or even all the way to the...
I'd recommend just watching the first 7 minutes, then jump to about 19:40 - or even all the way to the 33 minute mark if you only want to see more about Xinjiang and the Uyghurs. Notably though, they confirm all the things (and more) from the Vice documentary, but some of the rest of it is a sanitized look as Chinese authorities themselves chose to show the majority of what is in this documentary.
It's gripping, nonetheless, the way the surveillance works. If "The Brain" is able to discover that someone isn't wearing a mask or a construction helmet, properly disposing of trash, not parking within the lines, even discern between Han Chinese and ethnic minorities like the Uyghur.. what else can it be trained to do? The potential for abuse in an authoritarian country is frightening.
A very disturbing but also interesting and important look into what it's actually like to live in a police state.
Video focuses on the reeducation camps and Uyghur genocide of course, but most people already know about that - what I found especially intriguing here is the "security" aspect:
The journalist gets followed around by detectives 24/7
Police checking documents
Every civilian afraid to speak their mind
CCTV everywhere
Police everywhere
And more. Some truly extreme stuff.
Some supplemental viewing: China - Surveillance state or way of the future? | DW Documentary
I'd recommend just watching the first 7 minutes, then jump to about 19:40 - or even all the way to the 33 minute mark if you only want to see more about Xinjiang and the Uyghurs. Notably though, they confirm all the things (and more) from the Vice documentary, but some of the rest of it is a sanitized look as Chinese authorities themselves chose to show the majority of what is in this documentary.
It's gripping, nonetheless, the way the surveillance works. If "The Brain" is able to discover that someone isn't wearing a mask or a construction helmet, properly disposing of trash, not parking within the lines, even discern between Han Chinese and ethnic minorities like the Uyghur.. what else can it be trained to do? The potential for abuse in an authoritarian country is frightening.