A Reporter Returns to China to Find it Richer, but Also Highly Paranoid.

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World News · the U.S. · October 11, 2026

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Returning to China after decades away, a correspondent finds bullet trains, dazzling skylines — and a surveillance state more paranoid and pervasive than ever.

Reported by NYT World, October 11, 2026. Read the full story at NYT World →

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