The Cloudscape Gaze: China's Novel Approach to Tourism and Surveillance China's recent experiment with a "cloudscape observer" position at Laojun Mountain Scenic Area in Henan province has sparked interest among tourism enthusiasts and observers of China's surveillance state.
On the surface, this novel approach appears to be an innovative marketing ploy – offering a job that pays $8,900 to live on a mountaintop and document the cloudscape for social media.
However, scratch beneath the mist shrouded vistas, and we find something more complex at play. The Tourist Gaze vs.