The Persistence of the Laogai System in Xi's China (legrandcontinent.eu)

• Systemic continuity of detention from Mao’s Yan’an period to today.
• Evolution of repressive tools: from forced labor to AI-Big Data monitoring.
• Role of the detention system in maintaining CCP control regardless of economic policy.

"This analysis traces the evolution of China's detention system from Mao's Soviet-inspired Laogai camps to contemporary AI-driven surveillance under Xi Jinping. The report argues that the 'ecology of repression' remains a core pillar of CCP power, independent of economic shifts. By utilizing historical testimonials, it details how the regime leverages self-criticism, fear, and detention to ensure political conformity. Despite China's rapid development, the practice of targeting 'class enemies' has modernized into a high-tech apparatus of total social control, where the individual remains perpetually vulnerable to the state's detention machinery."