China's crackdown on Tiananmen memorials shows its obsession with security - and growing paranoia | Louisa Lim

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : National security now lies at the heart of Xi's governance, or, as he puts it, is "the bedrock of national rejuvenation".
49% : As such, the once-secretive ministry of state security has emerged from the shadows with billboards on the streets, its own WeChat account and an annual National Security Education Day.
47% : This year the ministry debuted a slick video, showing a bearded spy in action photographing state institutions, recording commercial secrets with a gadget in his shirt collar, even receiving a secret message nestled on top of the sliced cucumber in his takeaway meal.

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