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This Is What A 21st-Century Police State Really Looks Like

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Far from the booming metropolis of Beijing, China is building a sprawling system that combines dystopian technology and human policing. “It’s a kind of frontline laboratory for surveillance.”

This Is What A 21st-Century Police State Really Looks Like Far from the booming metropolis of Beijing, China is building a sprawling system that combines dystopian technology and human policing. “It’s a kind of frontline laboratory for surveillance.” By by Megha Rajagopalan BuzzFeed News Reporter Reporting From Kashgar, China Posted on October 17, 2017, 11:00 pm comment Photographed for BuzzFeed News KASHGAR, China — This is a city where growing a beard can get you reported to the police. So can inviting too many people to your wedding, or naming your child Muhammad or Medina. Driving or takin

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