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

October 11, 2026 · 9:00 am 1 sources

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• A Reporter Returns to China to Find it Richer, but Also Highly Paranoid.
  The New York Times · October 11, 2026 09:00
  Returning to China after decades away, a correspondent finds bullet trains, dazzling skylines — and a surveillance state more paranoid and pervasive than ever.