01865cam a2200373 i 4500 2095180888 TxAuBib 20250411120000.0 230626s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023026654 9780674257832 cloth 0674257839 cloth TxAuBib rda Pei, Minxin, author. The sentinel state : surveillance and the survival of dictatorship in China / Minxin Pei. London, England : Harvard University Press, 2024. 321 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-312) and index. "Rising prosperity was supposed to bring democracy to China, yet the Communist Party's political monopoly endures. How? Minxin Pei looks to the surveillance state. Though renowned for high-tech repression, the Chinese surveillance state is also a hugely labor-intensive project. Pei delves into the human sources of coercion at the heart of CCP power."-- Provided by publisher. 20250411. Zhongguo gong chan dang Discipline. Intelligence service China History. Dictatorship China History. Secret service China History. Information technology Political aspects China History. Technology and state China History. Social control China History. Spies China History. China Politics and government 1949- TXKIP