{"product_id":"book-dpfc","title":"We Have Been Harmonized","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed a Notable Work of Nonfiction of 2020 by the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs heard on NPR's\u003cem\u003e Fresh Air\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWe Have Been Harmonized\u003c\/em\u003e, by award-winning correspondent Kai Strittmatter,\u003cbr\u003eoffers a groundbreaking look, based on decades of research, at how China created the most terrifying surveillance state in history. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChina’s\u003cbr\u003enew drive for repression is being underpinned by unpre­cedented advances in\u003cbr\u003etechnology: facial and voice recognition, GPS tracking, supercomputer\u003cbr\u003edatabases, intercepted cell phone conver­sations, the monitoring of app use,\u003cbr\u003eand millions of high-resolution security cameras make it nearly impossible for\u003cbr\u003ea Chinese citizen to hide anything from authorities. Commercial transactions,\u003cbr\u003eincluding food deliveries and online purchases, are fed into vast databases,\u003cbr\u003ealong with everything from biometric information to social media activities to\u003cbr\u003emethods of birth control. Cameras (so advanced that they can locate a single\u003cbr\u003eperson within a stadium crowd of 60,000) scan for faces and walking patterns to\u003cbr\u003etrack each individual’s move­ment. In some schools, children’s facial\u003cbr\u003eexpressions are monitored to make sure they are paying attention at the right\u003cbr\u003etimes. In a new Social Credit System, each citizen is given a score for good\u003cbr\u003ebehavior; for those who rate poorly, punishments include being banned from\u003cbr\u003eflying or taking high-speed trains, exclusion from certain jobs, and preventing\u003cbr\u003etheir children from attending better schools. And it gets worse: advanced\u003cbr\u003esurveillance has led to the imprisonment of more than a million Chinese\u003cbr\u003ecitizens in western China alone, many held in draconian “reeducation” camps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis digital\u003cbr\u003etotalitarianism has been made possible not only with the help of Chinese private\u003cbr\u003etech companies, but the complic­ity of Western governments and corporations\u003cbr\u003eeager to gain access to China’s huge market. And while governments debate trade\u003cbr\u003ewars and tariffs, the Chinese Communist Party and its local partners are\u003cbr\u003eaggressively stepping up their efforts to export their surveillance\u003cbr\u003etechnology\u003cbr\u003eabroad—including to the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe Have Been Harmonized \u003c\/em\u003eis a terrifying portrait of life under\u003cbr\u003eunprecedented government surveillance—and a dire warning about what could\u003cbr\u003ehappen anywhere under the pretense of national security.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Terrifying. … A warning call.\" —\u003cem\u003eThe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e (UK), a “Best Book of the Year so Far”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49344389677360,"sku":"BDdpfc","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49344389710128,"sku":"ZEdpfc","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49344389775664,"sku":"ZMdpfc","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dpfc-Square-cover.jpg?v=1778393762","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dpfc","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}