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🚨 China’s Global Governance Initiative 🚨 China has exported its village surveillance model to the Solomon Islands, where 🇨🇳 police are piloting fingerprint and data collection to curb social unrest. China’s "Fengqiao" (枫桥) monitoring model — started under 🇨🇳 Mao Zedong in the 1960s to help communities mobilise against reactionary "class enemies" — has been reinvigorated by 🇨🇳 Xi Jinping to ensure stability in local communities. In the Solomon Islands, a security partner of Beijing, 🇨🇳 police have visited several villages this year promoting the Fengqiao concept, familiarizing children with surveillance drones by playing games. A grid system operates across Chinese villages with each grid manager responsible for "monitoring blocks of households". It’s an "ideal mode of governance" for the CCP because "people mobilize in support of the Party's agenda and monitor each other so that social conflicts can be nipped in the bud before they escalate". The village of Fighter 1 on the fringe of the capital Honiara had begun working with 🇨🇳 police on a Fengqiao pilot. The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force said in a statement this month the Fengqiao model of "grassroots governance" in Fighter 1 would collect population data to improve security. 🇨🇳 police had introduced residents to population management, household registration, community mapping, and the collection of fingerprints and palm prints. “The Fighter One community is the first attempt, and it will be expanded to a larger area across the country in the future.” 🇨🇳 Ministry of Public Security gave a seminar in February about the Fengqiao Experience (枫桥经验) in the Solomon Islands, drawing parallels between China's villages and island social structure (mp.weixin.qq.com/s/a6FVS5gGpx4Y). 🇨🇳 police had also promoted Fengqiao when visiting 16 villages in Malaita, the largest Solomon Islands province with a history of anti-China protests. China struck a security pact with Solomon Islands in 2022 after anti-government riots in 2021. The protests were fuelled in part by Malaita politicians opposing the Solomon Islands switching diplomatic ties from Taiwan to Beijing. reuters.com/world/china/ch
A photo showing Chinese police officers interacting with Solomon Islands villagers. One officer in uniform points at documents while sitting on grass with several villagers, some holding papers. The scene includes trees and a rural outdoor setting.
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