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Regardless of the sporting achievements & political consequences of the Beijing Olympic Games, the Chinese security & intelligence community will be viewing the event as an unprecedented test of its abilities, paving the way to spectacular progress. The Games provide an opportunity to make a quantum leap in its population surveillance capabilities & development of global observation resources. A constellation of organizations reporting directly to the Communist Party, the all-seeing Ministry of Public Safety & even the army has been deployed. These bodies have all been charged with information-gathering, surveillance of participants & visitors, & the maintenance of order. Chinese strategists are counting on the Games, as well as the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, to prove their competence & show the world how effective they are in China's accession to the rank of superpower. Adapted from the source document.