Correspondent in Asia
Having worked for Courrier International
for fifteen years
, Zhulin Zhang is one of the rare French journalists of Chinese origin.
In his book
La Société de surveillance “made in China”
(Éditions de l'Aube), he delves into the daily life of the Chinese who endure and, for the most part, accept the security control of the Communist Party.
A powerful asset against a West presented as declining and plagued by insecurity.
LE FIGARO.- Initially, you wanted to entitle your book “
The safest society in the world
”.
For what ?
Zhulin ZHANG. -
Yes, I had the idea when
The People's Daily
published three successive articles claiming that China was one of the safest countries in the world, and thus pointing out, in mirror, the insecurity in the West.
However, on the spot, I saw censorship tightening more and more on the daily life of ordinary citizens, and in particular of my journalist friends.
I wondered why, on the one hand, China...
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