Kai Strittmatter
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We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China's Surveillance State
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25 editions
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2018
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Gebrauchsanweisung für China
13 editions
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2008
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Gebrauchsanweisung für Istanbul
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2010
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Chinas neue Macht
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2020
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China A to Z
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2 editions
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2006
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Atmen einstellen, bitte! Pekinger Himmelsstürze
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2001
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Istanbul
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Vorwärts, Genossen! Chinesische Sternenfischer
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2003
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Vorsicht, Kopf einziehen! Hongkonger Glücksritter
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Gebrauchsanweisung für China: Aktualisierte Neuausgabe 2022
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“Hannah Arendt, who studied totalitarian regimes, said as much in an interview in 1974: “If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer.”6 But a population that no longer believes anything is robbed of its ability to think and to judge, and ultimately of its capacity to act. As Arendt says, “with such a people, you can then do what you please.” These are the ideal subjects—or the ideal opponents.”
― We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China's Surveillance State
― We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China's Surveillance State
“In a world where the distinction between truth and lies has been abolished, there are just facts and alternative. The dominant values are not morality and a sense of responsibility, but usefulness and profit. If you do see the truth, it will do you no good to tell it; in fact, it’s dangerous. Best of all is to acknowledge the lie as true and embrace it passionately—that’s what the fanatics do. But they will only ever be a very small group. The next best thing is deliberately to avoid learning the truth, to live a life of benumbed ignorance—and if you do happen upon the truth, keep quiet and pretend you haven’t. These two groups represent the majority of the population. Anyone who speaks the truth is either stupid or suicidal. The smart people in such a world are not the clear-sighted and wise; the smart people are the cunning and shrewd.”
― We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China's Surveillance State
― We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China's Surveillance State
“The source of Xi’s power over his own ranks remains intimidation. And that is certainly effective in the short term: during his first term in office, Party functionaries all over the country were paralyzed with fear of the dreaded Central Commission for Discipline Inspection—one of the country’s most secretive and powerful organizations—and the suicide rate among CCP workers doubled. Between 2009 and 2016, according to a study by the Institute of Psychology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 243 Party officials took their own lives (140 jumped to their deaths, 44 hanged themselves, 26 took poison, 12 drowned themselves, and 6 slit their wrists).21 These figures are likely to fall short of the true number.”
― We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China's Surveillance State
― We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China's Surveillance State
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