The Chinese Surveillance State, Part 1

<p>Under President Xi Jinping, China is pioneering a new form of governance by surveillance. In the first of a two-part series, we look at how China tested that system by targeting one minority group. Guest: Paul Mozur, a technology reporter for The New York Times based in Shanghai. For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Chinese authorities are expanding an<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/04/world/asia/xinjiang-china-surveillance-prison.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> extensive surveillance net</a> by using a<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/14/technology/china-surveillance-artificial-intelligence-racial-profiling.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> vast, secret system of facial recognition technology to control the Uighurs</a>, a largely Muslim minority.</li><li>Technology built for China’s surveillance system<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/technology/ecuador-surveillance-cameras-police-government.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> is now being applied — and sometimes abused — by other governments</a>.</li></ul>