

Patrick Barta
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@patrick1barta
Enterprise Editor, International for @WSJ






🔖Surveillance State The @WSJ's @joshchin and @lizalinwsj take a deep dive into how the Chinese Communist Party is using digital technology and data to surveil its people. gijn.org/2022/11/17/gij…

Fresh out the oven: Three Arrests, Two Superpowers and a Secret Prisoner Swap. All the twists and turns behind the deal to free Meng and the Michaels, packed with fresh details. Incredible reporting by @drewhinshaw @JoeWSJ @aviswanatha @jacquiemcnish on.wsj.com/3fcFYTu

This is the TRUE story of epic greed, unstoppable lust and dark conspiracies 🤫 Coming November 7th… #projectbrazen



1/ After @akanakis pointed out that the cover of Surveillance State was censored on Wechat, I quickly changed the profile pictures on my Wechat, Weibo, Zhihu, Taobao account to see what happened. After a few mins, our book cover was censored on Wechat and stayed up on the rest.






Introducing Project Brazen: variety.com/2021/film/news…

Greetings from @WSJ China bureau. Fresh out the oven, a big read from the incomparable @Lingling_Wei on how Xi Jinping is leaning on the state sector more than ever during the coronavirus pandemic—hastening China's retreat from a market-oriented economy. wsj.com/articles/china…

