{"title":"Living with invisible power in Guangzhou","authors":"Jie Guo \n (, )","doi":"10.1038/s44284-026-00429-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Living in Guangzhou shows how data governs not through commands but by shaping what can be seen, reported and acted upon. Although smart governance promises efficiency, everyday encounters reveal the limits of digital systems that make some urban problems visible while leaving others beyond view.","PeriodicalId":501700,"journal":{"name":"Nature Cities","volume":"3 4","pages":"296-297"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2026-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nature Cities","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-026-00429-9","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Living in Guangzhou shows how data governs not through commands but by shaping what can be seen, reported and acted upon. Although smart governance promises efficiency, everyday encounters reveal the limits of digital systems that make some urban problems visible while leaving others beyond view.