Epoch Times - How the CCP Controls the Chinese Population

Feb. 13, 2026 - Epoch Times

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How the CCP Controls the Chinese Population | Xi Van Fleet

Xi Van Fleet exposes how the CCP leverages AI-driven surveillance and the social credit system to preemptively punish dissent, freezing bank accounts, blocking travel, or revoking services for perceived anti-government sentiment—far beyond past repression like the Cultural Revolution. With Western-backed tech and financial firepower, the party claims near-total control over 1.4 billion citizens, turning suspicion into systemic punishment before any action occurs. This digital authoritarianism reshapes global governance, proving that modern oppression thrives not on brute force but on algorithmic precision and geopolitical complicity. [Automatically generated summary]
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	during the Cultural Revolution, and they depend on people reporting each other.
	And I just absolutely remember that we're encouraged to report even our parents.
	If we hear they say something that is not politically correct, or is that somehow against the party line?
	And they don't have to do that today.
	With this surveillance technology, they can absolutely control you before you even utter a word.
	And with the social credit system, they absolutely enslave every Chinese.
	And if you want to, if they suspect you, it's not even you want to do something against the government.
	If they suspect that you might have something against government, they can absolutely end your life.
	They can use the app.
	They can just, you can't have access to your bank account.
	You can even take train or plane.
	You're just basically, you are just disabled.
	And so that was not like Cultural Revolution anymore because now they have the technology, they have the money, thanks to the West, and thanks specifically to the United States.

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Surveillance State Control 00:01:11

during the Cultural Revolution, and they depend on people reporting each other.

And I just absolutely remember that we're encouraged to report even our parents.

If we hear they say something that is not politically correct, or is that somehow against the party line?

And they don't have to do that today.

With this surveillance technology, they can absolutely control you before you even utter a word.

And with the social credit system, they absolutely enslave every Chinese.

And if you want to, if they suspect you, it's not even you want to do something against the government.

If they suspect that you might have something against government, they can absolutely end your life.

They can use the app.

They can just, you can't have access to your bank account.

You can even take train or plane.

You're just basically, you are just disabled.

And so that was not like Cultural Revolution anymore because now they have the technology, they have the money, thanks to the West, and thanks specifically to the United States.