Asia

THE PANOPTIC GAZE OF CHINA

23rd April 2021By

Surveillance is often praised in the name of security, but when the gaze of an authoritarian state penetrates every layer of a person’s life, reality starts to take the shape of a literary dystopia. The all-seeing surveillance system in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, however, is no fiction: with constant police patrols and high-tech cameras…

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DISPARITY OF PROSPERITY IN CHINA

20th October 2020By

Based on the World Bank’s definition of the poverty line, China has already eliminated abject poverty. This remarkable record in poverty reduction is predominantly attributable to growth. But, in 1978, China was one of the poorest countries in the world. Then the reform began, starting with the rural sector, where most citizens lived. Agricultural output…

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