A security guard stands near surveillance cameras on a lamp post at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Photo: Bloomberg
Opinion
Opinion
Frank N. Pieke
Why the West should stop projecting its fears onto China and cultivate a more mature relationship
In the West’s black-and-white telling, China has been either good or evil in the past 70 years. The West swoons when it sees China becoming more liberal, but demonises Beijing when it stirs up Western fears of techno-surveillance