A Police Surveillance State: The Case of Xinjiang
"Things are different here," the local driver nonchalantly quipped, "the rules that govern the rest of China simply does not work here in Xinjiang." As the driver took a drive in search of hotels in Urumqi, the metropolitan capital of Xinjiang, he began to remark on just how years of terrorist threat changed how locals in the city and the wider region live their daily lives. After a few hours in China's volatile western reaches, the restrictions can easily be felt.