Comments on: Ever Wish You Had A Big Brother? In China… You Will http://calpolymbatrip.com/2009/china/ever-wish-you-had-a-big-brother-in-china%e2%80%a6-you-will/ The MBA Graduate Program at Cal Poly Tue, 22 May 2012 00:44:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Xiaofei Song http://calpolymbatrip.com/2009/china/ever-wish-you-had-a-big-brother-in-china%e2%80%a6-you-will/#comment-12846 Xiaofei Song Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:40:33 +0000 http://calpolymbatrip.com/?p=1617#comment-12846 Privacy issues are not just existed in China. People walking in the Hutong in China bothering neiborhood get cought by the camera; people bothering the neiborhood here get cought by cops driving on the street. Goverments, no matter what countries, want to monitors what people do, especially on those foreigners coming from other contries. Privacy issues are not just existed in China. People walking in the Hutong in China bothering neiborhood get cought by the camera; people bothering the neiborhood here get cought by cops driving on the street. Goverments, no matter what countries, want to monitors what people do, especially on those foreigners coming from other contries.

]]> By: Chris Carr http://calpolymbatrip.com/2009/china/ever-wish-you-had-a-big-brother-in-china%e2%80%a6-you-will/#comment-12217 Chris Carr Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:02:04 +0000 http://calpolymbatrip.com/?p=1617#comment-12217 My memory is that the news piece I saw reporting on London was a 60 Minutes piece. Don't remember what their criteria were for measuring the place at "most surveillanced". Re Nick's question, lots of strangers are always walking through the hutongs in a hugely populated city like Beijing. My theory is that the locals are trying to keep tabs on who comes and goes, and who might be causing the local neighborhood residents trouble. Of course, they work with their local police to put in all of the cameras in, but it would be a mistake to assume it's coming down from the inner circle of the CCP. My memory is that the news piece I saw reporting on London was a 60 Minutes piece. Don’t remember what their criteria were for measuring the place at “most surveillanced”.

Re Nick’s question, lots of strangers are always walking through the hutongs in a hugely populated city like Beijing. My theory is that the locals are trying to keep tabs on who comes and goes, and who might be causing the local neighborhood residents trouble. Of course, they work with their local police to put in all of the cameras in, but it would be a mistake to assume it’s coming down from the inner circle of the CCP.

]]> By: Nick Chamness http://calpolymbatrip.com/2009/china/ever-wish-you-had-a-big-brother-in-china%e2%80%a6-you-will/#comment-12216 Nick Chamness Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:44:45 +0000 http://calpolymbatrip.com/?p=1617#comment-12216 Wow London? I wonder why? I guess China does not have those warning signs like we do in the U.S. that state, "you are being watched by a surveillance camera on this premises". I am pretty sure that is a state if not federal law in the U.S. The amount of people dedicated to keeping everything public and under surveillance must be incredible. If you have never known privacy, you must just be used to it. Not that I am saying it is right for the government to be spying on its people, but many have grown up in such an environment. The neighborhood watch that Dr. Carr is talking about seems to back up this point. They are voluntarily installing cameras to watch each other. Is this just because they are used to being watched and it just makes them feel safe. Are they really that untrusting of the rest of the citizens in their neighborhood? Wow London? I wonder why? I guess China does not have those warning signs like we do in the U.S. that state, “you are being watched by a surveillance camera on this premises”. I am pretty sure that is a state if not federal law in the U.S.

The amount of people dedicated to keeping everything public and under surveillance must be incredible. If you have never known privacy, you must just be used to it. Not that I am saying it is right for the government to be spying on its people, but many have grown up in such an environment. The neighborhood watch that Dr. Carr is talking about seems to back up this point. They are voluntarily installing cameras to watch each other. Is this just because they are used to being watched and it just makes them feel safe. Are they really that untrusting of the rest of the citizens in their neighborhood?

]]> By: Chris Carr http://calpolymbatrip.com/2009/china/ever-wish-you-had-a-big-brother-in-china%e2%80%a6-you-will/#comment-12214 Chris Carr Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:13:34 +0000 http://calpolymbatrip.com/?p=1617#comment-12214 If you elect to do The Hutong experience when we are in Beijing (voluntary; extra charge), this post will come to life even more for you. Surveillance cameras abound in that nondescript neighborhood and its alleys. But the surprise to many is that it's not from the CCP. It's more of a neighborhood watch type of thing. As an aside, I read somewhere a while back that the most surveillanced city in the world is ..... London. If you elect to do The Hutong experience when we are in Beijing (voluntary; extra charge), this post will come to life even more for you. Surveillance cameras abound in that nondescript neighborhood and its alleys. But the surprise to many is that it’s not from the CCP. It’s more of a neighborhood watch type of thing.

As an aside, I read somewhere a while back that the most surveillanced city in the world is ….. London.

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