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Re:China's Xinjiang surveillance is the dystopian future nob... by Feniks on Thursday February 22, 2018 @07:31PM (#16443015)
You're not wrong, article looks at it from a Western viewpoint. This surveillance is actually not new. Its a throwback to imperial China, with technology added to it. I can imagine a lot of Chinese prefer it to lawlessness.

It does cost vast amounts of money though. China spends more on surveillance and the police than the entire military budget.

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Re:China's Xinjiang surveillance is the dystopian future nob... by headsoup on Thursday February 22, 2018 @10:12PM (#16443898)
I imagine there are some shades of grey between 'authoritarian surveillance' and 'lawlessness'...
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Re:China's Xinjiang surveillance is the dystopian future nob... by brokenmachine on Thursday February 22, 2018 @10:48PM (#16444052)
> I can imagine a lot of Chinese prefer it to lawlessness.

But would they prefer even more to have a choice in the matter?

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