Life Inside China's Total Surveillance State

China has turned the northwestern region of Xinjiang into a vast experiment in domestic surveillance. WSJ investigated what life is like in a place where one's every move can be monitored with cutting-edge technology.



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[sexy]

Why does it feel like they are spying on this actual video

[lobsterreigaming]

the world is really getting scarier...i really dont want to know how the world will look like in 15-20 years

[AeaaudioAEA]

"People willing to trade their freedom for security deserve neither and will lose both." -- Benjamin Franklin.

[little_foxy]

I guess if you commit a crime there 100 police officers will pop out of nowhere

[Megasigggg]

Its illegal to walk too fast?!? This place needs to be wiped off the globe!!

[lewis]

Why did you not blur the people you interviewed they will be in serious trouble for talking with you

[themanwithajourney]

Good journalism but could done a better work in concealing the identity of some of the uiyghurs interviewed.. I mean have some common sense guys ..

[henkverhaeren]

I rather die as a free man trying to end this, than live like a slaughterhouse cow and end like this.
.V.

[ohbunny]

NSA: we got tabs on everyone
China: hold my dumplings

[brownie]

Imagine getting arrested for walking to fast😂.

[luxcatalina]

everyone comparing china and america, but when you ask them im sure that 100% of you would rather live in america than spend a month in xinjiang.

[hmm]

How’s this different from North Korea? It’s just China allows FDI or movement of people (that too with restrictions)

[thatgirlray]

20 year olds today: “COMMUNISM AMERICA
Actual people from communist countries: “god bless America, 🖕 communism”

[macaron]

"..it shows you the picture, card number, ETHINICITY, and address."

[Tacit_Tern]

As a Chinese-American whose family had to flee from China to the United States; we were lucky to escape Laogai, where entire families were disappeared for being Christian.

[crustycobs]

Coming soon to the U.S.A.!!!Google voice recognition, facial recognition, drones, cellphone tower simulators, highway cameras, Google tracking your whereabouts constantly, FaceCrook, no right to privacy, RFID chips, hackers, paramilitary cops etc...

[hanyangzhao]

First of all Xinjiang is not a state, it is a province. It is not since 1949 but since 1755 that Xinjiang became part of China. America invaded Mexico in 1846 and get California, New Mexico, Arizona Nevada and many other states. I think no American will agree that these states should be return to Mexico or get independent. Now imagine there is a group of Mexican people (No offense here, just a hypothetical story),  not only they think these states should get independent, they start to kill innocent civilians, especially white people, because no one support them. What would you Americans do? Wouldn't you put more police on the street? wouldn't you do a background check when someone want to buy a gun? The footage and words used in this report is also very misleading. I guess that is always the case when the reporter is biased in the first place.

[ViatoremDiEfa]

This looks like the Half Life 2 opening Scene. What a shame that Chinese companies are allowed to operate on EU and US soil.

[ishanverma]

After seeing this love towards my own country has increased 😂😂 and now i am seriously loving my rights...❤️

[mango-okip]

Total surveillance... Establish routes across Eurasia... 3 classes of people... smells exactly like 1984