China's Communist Party (CCP) is increasingly focusing on national security, with a crackdown on access to information from abroad and the operation of a techno-authoritarian surveillance state. The CCP boasts of achieving a low-crime society, but skepticism exists regarding the accuracy of the numbers. The abundance of CCTV cameras equipped with facial recognition technology is highlighted, with claims that they leave criminals with nowhere to hide and protect the government. Additionally, reports indicate CCP police going door-to-door checking Tibetan people's phones for sensitive information. Concerns are raised about the police potentially sweeping tricky cases under the rug to maintain a high solve rate for recorded crimes. The growing surveillance state enables tracking of dissidents and demonstrators, reflecting the government's control over behavior and dissent.
Beijing and many other Chinese cities now claim perfection in solving new murders year after year. But since they are assessed on what proportion of recorded crimes they solve, the police often sweep tricky cases under the rug https://t.co/flw5BvArh8 👇
China’s surveillance state is still growing. Dissidents and demonstrators can be tracked as easily as burglars. Step out of line and the government will probably know https://t.co/yxKfeh374a 👇
In a certain area of #Tibet, #CCP police are going door-to-door checking #Tibetan people's phones for sensitive information. https://t.co/5Mw5sCWIFM
China’s abundance of CCTV cameras, many equipped with facial-recognition technology, “leave criminals with nowhere to hide”, boasts the People’s Daily, a Communist Party mouthpiece. They also protect the government https://t.co/GwZl8R09Jm 👇
China says it has achieved a miraculously low-crime society. The numbers may loosely reflect reality, but they seem too good to be true. And politics is clearly influencing the country’s approach to crime https://t.co/qcAY10XZ8q 👇
The CCP operates a techno-authoritarian surveillance state. The govt tracks everything in the name of public safety and controls behavior, speech, dissent. The govt pushes out “news” and entertainment it wants the ppl to see. https://t.co/QPGX9bESsg
China’s crackdown on access to information from abroad aligns with the CCP’s increasing focus on national security. For more context on how the CCP frames national security, check out this translation of a People’s Daily article on modernizing China's national security system.