It is nothing new to state that overall control is one of the top priorities for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Three separate items of news concerning human rights, home-schooling and surveillance emphasized this once again. World Watch Research (WWR) analyst Thomas Muller supplies details: "As already mentioned in March 2022 (WWR, 30 March 2022), China is preparing for a visit by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in May, which is scheduled to include a visit to Xinjiang. This has led a large group of human rights organizations to call upon the High Commissioner, former Chilean President Michelle Batchelet, to uphold the internationally agreed principles for the protection of human rights and to publish the report which has already been prepared on the human rights situation in Xinjiang (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, 19 April 2022). Since the Chinese government has stated in advance that it is only prepared to accept a "˜friendly visit" from the UN High Commissioner (Channel News Asia, 28 January 2022), it is clear that any dialogue will be severely limited. A face-saving way out may be to blame such limitations on the continued COVID-19 lockdowns being imposed in various parts of the country." Thomas Muller continues: "Another area where the CCP places a lot of emphasis is on influencing the young generation to fully take on board Communist culture. It is therefore of no surprise that home-schooling is totally illegal, as is religious instruction for minors under the age of 18 (Christianity Today, 7 April 2022). Christian parents looking for ways for their children to avoid imbibing CCP ideology in the state education system have no real options. Although international and private‚ schools exist, they are heavily restricted and financially inaccessible for most families (South China Morning Post, 5 December 2021)." Thomas Muller turns now to the subject of surveillance in China which is becoming increasingly sophisticated: "As Reuters reported on 8 April 2022, local governments are benefiting from rapid advances in artificial intelligence. In what is frequently referred to as "˜one person, one file", systems are being developed and implemented which can sort through a variety of data and databases and provide the authorities with a comprehensive file on every resident. Although initial teething problems are to be expected, once overcome, this is a trend to watch."