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When hundreds of my fellow Uyghurs started disappearing into ‘re-education camps’ every day, it became clear that it was only a matter of time before I would be detained. So my wife and I got ready to run Continue reading…
Read MoreChina’s paramount leader, like his Russian counterpart, is making a fine mess of his country’s economy and world standingIt must be tough, being a dictator, when your diktats are ignored, thwarted and scorned. Vladimir Putin is a sad case in point. He …
Read MoreWhen hundreds of my fellow Uyghurs started disappearing into ‘re-education camps’ every day, it became clear that it was only a matter of time before I would be detained. So my wife and I got ready to runOne day in mid-March 2017, I had just finished g…
Read MoreEquipment that could be exploited by Chinese intelligence will be taken down, with CCTV brands Hikvision and Dahua among those flagged by MPsBritain has announced the removal of Chinese-made surveillance equipment from sensitive government sites as par…
Read MoreTwo men in New York are accused by the FBI of being covert enforcers for the Chinese government. Such operations are being uncovered worldwideThe FBI this week arrested two men accused of running a covert overseas police operation in New York on behalf…
Read MoreUS officials who tracked balloon from launch on Hainan island reportedly examining possibility that unusual weather took it over North AmericaThe US is reportedly examining the possibility that the Chinese spy balloon was pushed off course by strong wi…
Read MoreWarning in surveillance commissioner’s report comes after Chinese CCTV cameras banned from government propertyBritish police are leaving themselves open to spying by Beijing because of their reliance on Chinese-made cameras, according to a report from …
Read MoreIn today’s newsletter: The use of surveillance balloons has gone largely under the radar until several floating orbs were shot down in North America. But China’s not the only country full of hot air – a look at this mysterious twist in international es…
Read MoreThe ‘poor man’s satellite’ offers a relatively cheap way of exploiting a previously inaccessible high-altitude level of the skiesLast Friday, Enildo Altamar and his neighbours looked up into the clear morning sky above Arroyo de Piedra, near Colombia’s…
Read MoreUS ‘not the only target’ of Chinese surveillance, warns US secretary of state, as FBI investigates balloon wreckageChina has a “fleet” of surveillance balloons of different shapes and sizes, which it has deployed over five continents, US officials have…
Read MoreFootage shows a suspected Chinese spy balloon being shot down over the Carolina coast. Two US fighter jets circled the balloon before launching an air missile to destroy it. Beijing claimed it was a weather observation airship that had been blown off c…
Read MoreWas Beijing trying to sabotage talks with the US, monitor the speed of its military response, or just test Joe Biden’s mettle?Now the Chinese balloon has been brought down in a puff of smoke and debris by a US air-launched missile, after perplexing Was…
Read MoreChinese surveillance manufacturer Hikvision has put in place tools to help police track protest activitiesChinese police can set up “alarms” for various protest activities using a software platform provided by Hikvision, a major Chinese camera and surv…
Read MoreCampaigners concerned that ‘same racist technology used to repress Uyghurs is being marketed in Britain’ A Chinese security camera company has been advertising ethnicity recognition features to British and other European customers, even while it faces …
Read MoreWe are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authorsThis week, from 2019: Smartphones and the internet gave the Uighurs a sense of their own identity – but now the Chinese…
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