Chinese government surveils communities with eye to catching believers
China is increasing its surveillance apparatus with a special focus on believers.
According to interviews conducted by Bitter winter with administrators of China’s “grid” system instituted last year, in which Chinese communities are subdivided into units of 15 to 20 households and one spy placed within the community to monitor all activities, the “hidden dangers” sought by the government are spiritual.
“Key targets of supervision include persons who have been released from prison after completing their sentences and religious believers,” a government plant in Shandong province told the persecution magazine....