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China Is Becoming a Black Box Under New CCP Rules

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China Is Becoming a Black Box Under New CCP Rules
A computer displays message from China's Great Firewall on the proper use of the internet at an Internet cafe in Beijing. Ng Han Guan/AP Photo
Peter Dahlin
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A slew of new policies, coupled with vastly changed behavior, is cutting the world off from vital information about what is happening in China, our ability to understand the reality inside the black box that China is becoming, and our ability to engage with it.

Peter Dahlin
Peter Dahlin
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Peter Dahlin is the founder of the NGO Safeguard Defenders and the co-founder of the Beijing-based Chinese NGO China Action (2007–2016). He is the author of “Trial By Media,” and contributor to “The People’s Republic of the Disappeared.” He lived in Beijing from 2007, until detained and placed in a secret jail in 2016, subsequently deported and banned. Prior to living in China, he worked for the Swedish government with gender equality issues, and now lives in Madrid, Spain.
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