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World Service,12 mins

Is China watching you?

World Business Report

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China鈥檚 surveillance and facial recognition technology are arguably the most advanced in the world and they account for over 40% of global sales to places like Germany, Ecuador, Uganda or the UK. Some worry that the countries going big on digital CCTV might also be opening the door to being spied on themselves. Some of China鈥檚 biggest technology firms have since found their kit blacklisted by the United States. The 麻豆社's Ivana Davidovic explores if these fears have any foundations and asks why surveillance technology based on artificial intelligence is of such importance to China.

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