{
  "id": 7992913,
  "title": "Mass surveillance and self-sufficiency: How China's leadership is reviving Mao's old principles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/mass-surveillance-and-self-sufficiency-how-chinas-leadership-is",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T02:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/17/mass-surveillance-and-self-sufficiency-how-china-s-leadership-is-reviving-mao-s-old-principles_6757618_4.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "'Mao's Fraught Legacy' (5/7). In 1963, Mao Zedong made the village of Fengqiao an example of how to encourage mass mobilization and resolve conflicts locally. Under Xi Jinping, the experiment has evolved into a system ensuring Beijing's absolute control.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}