They are coming and they may soon dominate the market. But they are more than vehicles and may transmit sensitive data to China outside any control.
Surveillance
New Law Will Bring All Charities in China Under Police Control
It is time for “all charitable work to be put under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party,” the amended Charity Law proclaims.
China’s “Smart Construction Sites”: The Latest Tool of Mass Surveillance in Tibet
There is no end to the CCP’s creation and use of new technologies to make Tibet one of the most surveilled areas of the planet.
Did China Undertake to Limit the Use of Face Recognition? Not by Public Security
The new draft regulation on face recognition technology is presented as aligning China with international democratic privacy protection standards. Only, it is not true.
Patents Filed by Chinese Companies Reveal Orwellian Surveillance and Human Rights Abuses
China keeps other data confidential but information about its plans to surveil its citizens constantly and ubiquitously are revealed by a source if cannot hide: patents.
Incorrigible Hikvision: Despite Denials, It Continues to Supply Uyghur Recognition Software
To avoid being banned in the West, Hikvision, the CCP-owned giant video surveillance company, claimed in 2022 it had stopped offering its racist video analytics systems. It was a lie.
New Xi Jinping Book Emphasizes Its Internet Obsessions
Xi’s two aims are making China a dominating Internet power and preventing use of social media in China by dissidents. Can they be achieved?
A Leaked Indictment: Heavy Punishments for Uyghurs Who Tell the Truth on the Web
23-year-old Mirap Muhammet used a VPN to access Twitter. He was accused of “transferring intelligence abroad,” a very serious crime.
New Regulation on Wireless Ad Hoc Services: Why China Is Afraid of AirDrop
Connections between phones rather than through the Internet are used by protesters to elude surveillance. New rules will make this impossible—with a little help from Apple.
China’s “Query System for Islamic, Catholic, and Christian Clergy,” Another Tool for Repression
After the one for Buddhist monks and Taoist priests, a new data base will allow the authorities to identify priests, pastors, and imams not controlled by the CCP.