The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey Into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future
Geoffrey Cain
(Author)
Description
A riveting investigation into how a restive region of China became the site of a nightmare Orwellian social experiment--the definitive police state--and the global technology giants that made it possible Blocked from facts and truth, under constant surveillance, surrounded by a hostile alien police force: Xinjiang's Uyghur population has become cursed, oppressed, outcast. Most citizens cannot discern between enemy and friend. Social trust has been destroyed systematically. Friends betray each other, bosses snitch on employees, teachers expose their students, and children turn on their parents. Everyone is dependent on a government that nonetheless treats them with suspicion and contempt. Welcome to the Perfect Police State. Using the haunting story of one young woman's attempt to escape the vicious technological dystopia, his own reporting from Xinjiang, and extensive firsthand testimony from exiles, Geoffrey Cain reveals the extraordinary intrusiveness and power of the tech surveillance giants and the chilling implications for all our futures.Product Details
Price
$29.00
$26.97
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Publish Date
June 29, 2021
Pages
304
Dimensions
6.3 X 9.4 X 1.2 inches | 1.15 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781541757035
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About the Author
Geoffrey Cain is an investigative journalist and technology writer who reported from Asia and the Middle East for twelve years. He's contributed to the Economist, Time, the Wall Street Journal, and dozens of other magazines and newspapers. His first book, Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech, was longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year award. A Fulbright scholar, he studied at London's School of Oriental and African Studies and the George Washington University, and is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He lives in Istanbul, Turkey.
Reviews
"The future has arrived and it is beyond anything George Orwell could have imagined. In this important new book, Cain details exactly how the Chinese Communist Party deployed 21st century technology--facial recognition, DNA tracking, artificial intelligence--to trap millions of its own citizens in a terrifying dystopia."
--Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
The Perfect Police State should come with a warning: the scope of the Chinese surveillance state is deeper, broader, more insidious and terrifying than you can imagine. Geoffrey Cain deftly details how China has used global businesses, unabashed censorship at home and alliances with authoritarian regimes to create an ever-expanding police state. Cain doesn't lose sight of the people entrapped by the system... The Perfect Police State is a tour-de-force.--Elizabeth Becker, author of When the War Was Over
In an expose that is as timely as it is alarming, Geoffrey Cain shows how China is using artificial intelligence and totalitarian repression to turn its westernmost region into a human-rights hellhole. After reading The Perfect Police State, it is impossible to regard the Chinese leadership with anything other than contempt--and fear.
--Blaine Harden, author of Escape from Camp 14
"Packing a wealth of information into a crisp narrative, this is an impassioned and well-informed exposé."--Publishers Weekly
"A scarifying dive into China's pernicious spy state...A prescient, alarming work on the overreach of technology and state power."--Kirkus Reviews
--Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
The Perfect Police State should come with a warning: the scope of the Chinese surveillance state is deeper, broader, more insidious and terrifying than you can imagine. Geoffrey Cain deftly details how China has used global businesses, unabashed censorship at home and alliances with authoritarian regimes to create an ever-expanding police state. Cain doesn't lose sight of the people entrapped by the system... The Perfect Police State is a tour-de-force.--Elizabeth Becker, author of When the War Was Over
In an expose that is as timely as it is alarming, Geoffrey Cain shows how China is using artificial intelligence and totalitarian repression to turn its westernmost region into a human-rights hellhole. After reading The Perfect Police State, it is impossible to regard the Chinese leadership with anything other than contempt--and fear.
--Blaine Harden, author of Escape from Camp 14
"Packing a wealth of information into a crisp narrative, this is an impassioned and well-informed exposé."--Publishers Weekly
"A scarifying dive into China's pernicious spy state...A prescient, alarming work on the overreach of technology and state power."--Kirkus Reviews
