Simone Pieranni, in « Red Mirror », Explains the place of digital technology in today’s China, a foreshadowing of the controlling society that could impose itself on the whole world.
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China has long been considered « the factory of the world » manufacturing for the West, thanks to its overexploited workforce, consumer goods and then technological objects designed in Silicon Valley.
This period is over: by massively developing research, education and investment, China has become a leader in the field of technologies. Artificial intelligence, smart cities, payment via smartphones, surveillance and facial recognition are already realities on the other side of the digital Great Wall.
The future is now being written in China. But what future ?
Xi Jinping’s geopolitical strategies, the organization of social control and Confucian acceptance of personalized surveillance by the greatest number are the driving force behind this rapid development. And opens the door to a world that already resembles the dystopian series from which the title of this work is inspired.
A lucid look at the place of digital technology in today’s China, written by a journalist who lived there for a long time and who continues to follow the rapid developments in high-tech industries. As global balances change, Simone Pieranni’s story provides essential keys to understanding the new situation.
- Red Mirror. The future is being written in China, by Simone Pieranni, photo book by Gilles Sabrié, C&F editions, January 2021, 184 p., 25 €.
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