China revives Mao's legacy with mass surveillance system

The Fengqiao commune, a Maoist model from the 1960s, is now a symbol of China's absolute state control.

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Under Xi Jinping, the system ensures local conflict resolution and mass surveillance.

This revival is part of a strategy for self-sufficiency and repression.

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