Surveillance: How China Plans to Track and Rate Everything Its Citizens Do

Imagine living in a society where every action you make in your day-to-day life is monitored, quantified and scored by the government using a massive surveillance network.

Now, imagine that score is used to determine everything from your career choices to whether or not you're allowed to travel outside the country. This kind of dystopian fantasy is common in science fiction, but in China, the Chinese Communist Party is working to make it a reality.

China aims to have the system fully implemented by 2020. It will no doubt be a massive undertaking to keep track of China's more than 1.3 billion people, but the country already has a head start thanks to its massive surveillance system. In addition to 200 million cameras, China has implemented facial recognition technology in an effort to recognize criminals on the street. (Circa, December 3, 2018)
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Many would consider the surveillance system of the Chinese Communist Party to be oppressive, an abuse of human rights. And while China may be a few steps ahead of other countries in the constant surveillance of its citizens, China is not alone in this surveillance state mentality.

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