U.S.-China Surveillance

Here are two paragraphs from the report relevant to surveillance issues:
III. On Civil and Political Rights
In recent years, American citizens have suffered increasing civil rights infringements.
Since the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. government has put average Americans [...]

From the InformationWeek article, a man whose personal collection of pornography was discovered by FBIs in the process of a criminal investigation is suing Microsoft for failing to protect his privacy:
Crooker says he had set Internet Explorer to delete his Internet history every five days. “Any day beyond those parameters is supposed to be permanently [...]

Looks like state resistance is having at least some effect.