China

China
Type	nation state
Location	Asia
Leader	President of the People's Republic of China Incumbent: Xi Jinping Since 14 March 2013
Member of	Global Counter Terrorism Forum, UN/Security Council
The most populous nation state in the world

China is the world's most populous nation state. It is a major supplier of material goods to much of the rest of the world, particularly North America and Europe.

"War on Terror"

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On March 29, 2017, The Chinese government banned 'abnormal' beards or veils in its heavily Muslim region of Xinjiang, stating that the rules were necessary to necessary to fight "extremism". The Daily Mail also stated that everyone would be forced to watch or listen to state media, and that all cars in the province be fitted with a GPS tracking device.

Persecution of Falun Gong

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On 20 July, 1999, around 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered near the central government compound in Beijing to request legal recognition and protection by the Chinese government. The government's response was to declare the religion illegal, and carry out a mass arrests of the 'leaders'. As of 2016, illegal detention, torture and murder of Falun Gong adherents was still ongoing.

Internet Censorship

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CNN reports that China spends millions of dollars on software to enable internet censorship, and that it began controlling its citizens' Internet access in the mid-1990s. China reportedly has "around two million people policing public opinion online" In 2015, CNN suggested that about 1 to 3% of Chinese Internet users regularly jump the Firewall to browse the open Internet.