Josh Chin Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Josh Chin is a journalist and author. @WSJ deputy China bureau chief | Co-author, SURVEILLANCE STATE: https://t.co/wa8OndxdCC | Mastodon: @joshchin@journa.host

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: The Challenges of International Protection
Bertie G. Ramcharan
All of this lands just as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights having arrives in China for a long delayed and highly scrutinized visit to Xinjiang Kudos to @adrianzenz @TheJohnSudworth @ProducerKathy et al.
Hardcover, 2002
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Surveillance State: Inside China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control
Josh Chin
We wrote this book to appeal to widest possible audience because we believe what it documents will affect lives around the world. We hope it helps you make a little more sense of where technology is taking us:
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A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs: A Memoir of Uyghur Exile, Hope, and Survival
Gulchehra Hoja
Looking forward to @GulchehraHoja's new book, out this month. Gulchera was on the bleeding edge of reporting about the rise of the surveillance state in Xinjiang (especially impressive given she was in the U.S.). Her personal story is equally remarkable https://t.co/iQFYsGcwMp
Hardcover, 2023
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Understanding Privacy
Daniel J. Solove
So thrilled to see “Surveillance State” appear on this list next so many great books. @DanielSolove’s “Understanding Privacy” is the seminal work on the topic — one whose ideas deeply influenced ours. https://t.co/Cxv4rjXupz
Paperback, 2009
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