China - Surveillance state or way of the future?

China is building a huge digital surveillance system. The state collects massive amounts of data from willing citizens: the benefits are practical, and people who play by the rules are rewarded. Critics call it "the most ambitious Orwellian project in human history." China's digital surveillance...

42 min - World Affairs & Investigations - DW Documentary

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