As for the second key internal factor, a state’s ability to police mobile and electronic communications and Internet access has become as important as jackboots and truncheons. China, for example, is a model of despotic efficiency: its internal-security system extends from state-of-the-art surveillance and extralegal detention centers to an army of paid informants and neighborhood patrols that looks out for troublemakers.
在第二个关键国内因素方面，一个国家对手机，电信以及网络的监控能力正逐渐变得和警棍皮靴一样重要。对此中国堪称高效专制的样板：其内部安全系统一方面是极端完善的监控体系和非法拘留中心，另一方面则是一大批拿钱办事，时刻准备着揪出“捣乱分子”的线人和社区纠察队。