Surveillance
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Now the Chinese ‘spy balloon’ is down, the question is: what was it for?
Was Beijing trying to sabotage talks with the US, monitor the speed of its military response, or just test Joe…
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Police in China can track protests by enabling ‘alarms’ on Hikvision software
Chinese surveillance manufacturer Hikvision has put in place tools to help police track protest activitiesChin…
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Chinese security firm advertises ethnicity recognition technology while facing UK ban
Campaigners concerned that ‘same racist technology used to repress Uyghurs is being marketed in Britain’ A Chi…
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From the archive: China’s hi-tech war on its Muslim minority – podcast
We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introdu…
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Dozens of Thai democracy activists targeted with Pegasus phone spyware
Thai government suspected of orchestrating hacking campaign using Israeli surveillance technologyThe Thai gove…
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China offers cash and ‘spiritual rewards’ to citizens for national security tip-offs
Incentives aim to motivate the public as ‘threats’ from foreign intelligence agencies intensify, according to …
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Should athletes be worried about flaws in China’s Olympics app?
A report found the app that will be used to monitor athletes’ health and travel data has a ‘devastating’ encry…
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US sanctioned China’s top facial recognition firm over Uyghur concerns. It still raised millions
SenseTime raised $512m from non-US investors and recently debuted on the Hong Kong stock exchangeSenseTime, Ch…
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From Kremlin leak to sperm counts: our readers’ favourite stories of 2021
Here are 20 articles that may have helped convince people to support the Guardian’s journalismThe Guardian ben…
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Chinese province targets journalists and students in planned surveillance system
Tender document details plans for system that can compile files using 3,000 facial recognition camerasSecurity…
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Chinese effort to gather ‘micro clues’ on Uyghurs laid bare in report
Authorities using predictive policing and human surveillance on Muslims in Xinjiang, thinktank saysAuthorities…
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‘There’s cameras everywhere’: testimonies detail far-reaching surveillance of Uyghurs in China
China’s surveillance machine has grown with the aid of Chinese and international technology companies. But few…
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Experts say China’s low-level cyberwar is becoming severe threat
Activity more overt and reckless despite US, British and other political efforts to bring it to a haltChinese …
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This is no ordinary spying. Our most intimate selves are now exposed | Arundhati Roy
The Pegasus project shows we could all soon be ruled by states that know everything about us, while we know le…
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Key Modi rival Rahul Gandhi among potential Indian targets of NSO client
Leak suggests Indian opposition leader among hundreds selected for possible surveillance by Modi governmentThe…