Sabrina Habich-Sobiegalla
Sabrina Habich-Sobiegalla
@liyongwen.bsky.social
Professor of State and Society of Modern China and director of the Graduate School of East Asian Studies at Freie Universität Berlin.
Absolutely. The People’s Daily has been calling for strengthening the Fengqiao Experience in response to recent rampages.
Good to know. In research that hopefully will see the light of the day soonish, I try to make the point that one key argument for surveillance in China has been that "society needs to be protected from itself."
Very interesting! These “urban, complex environments” were also cited as the reason for introducing things like grid-style social management. Though I cannot remember reading about a lack of trust as a rationale for such grassroots innovations. Might be related still.
December 11, 2024 at 7:20 AM
“If you don’t want to sweep snow, you can just not get scholarships.”

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December 3, 2024 at 7:43 AM