Exposing China's Digital Dystopian Dictatorship | Foreign Correspondent

No Chinese person will criticize this because criticizing the government will cost you points.

As a Chinese I actually agree that these cameras are starting to get more and more involved with tracking individuals down, rather than providing security. In China most people live in residences, the residence which I live installed cameras at the entrance and exit gates and each time a car or a pedestrian passes, the camera flashes. By this simple flash the government can know what car you’re driving, who you are with on the car, the clothes you were wearing, when you came in and when you left. There are not only cameras everywhere, but the police is also tracking your internet history. My mom bought some fertilizer from the Alibaba website (taobao), few days later a cop showed up at our house asking why we needed fertilizer for and suspected that we were making bombs or explosive stuff. They sure over imagine things, but it’s also scary to know that they know every single detail of what you’ve done online. There was a while I think a year ago, where there was a big international conference called the G20 I think, that took place in Beijing. Around that time the government shut the whole express delivery down, and many people selling things online or who bought stuffs online and who were living in Beijing had a pretty hard time. They couldn’t neither mail nor receive a package, which to me shows how the government didn’t take in consideration the needs of the people and valued their own needs above everyone elses. It’s the same for these cameras, who knows whether it’s used to protect you or to track you down.

George Orwell’s 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not a tutorial.

This type of surveillance state is what the people of Hong Kong are fighting to avoid. Mainland Chinese are used to living like this so they absolutely don't understand what true freedom is like.

No wonder Hong Kong'ers are freaking the hell out!

"The perfect dictatorship would have the appearance of democracy, a prison without walls in which the prisoners would not dream of escape. A system of slavery where, through consumption and entertainment, slaves would love their servitude." Aldous Leonard Huxley

None of the people who are high scorers on the system look very happy.

This should terrify every single adult in the world. It terrifies ME, & the worst "crime" I've done is speeding. No way. No thank you. And HELL NO.

"Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say." Edward Snowden

How can China's social credit score not be a crime against humanity?

Being a good person means nothing when you have no choice but to be one. It's more of a model prisoner program.

George Orwel would be like " I told you so"

Those who are ready to sacrifice freedom for security ultimately will lose both. - A. Lincoln

Those who value security over freedom deserve neither - Benjamin Franklin

If this doesn't scare you it sure as hell should

This young mom is nothing more then a robot

Hello, everyone. I am Chinese and I want to say that this is not people's decision. China doesn't work as most western countries and policy doesn't require people's agreement to be executed. Most Chinese are against this and trying their best to make the country democratic. But it is a process and takes time to improve without a war. Please show some respect and understand before leaving some very racist comments. Thank you.

These people need to read 1984. I doubt they'd ever get the chance to read an uncensored version of it.

‘we will be rich, DEMOCRATIC...’ oh hun, you never met true democracy...

i watched an episode on black mirror on Netflix that reminded me of this. This is so crazy, I owe numerous medical bills from having lung cancer. Just to be judged on finances alone is ludicrous, there are things out of our control.