Date: December 14th, 2017 3:03 PM
Author: hairraiser theatre faggot firefighter
https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/13/china-cctv-bbc-reporter/
It took Chinese authorities just seven minutes to locate and apprehend BBC reporter John Sudworth using its powerful network of CCTV camera and facial recognition technology.
This wasn’t a case of a member of the media being forcibly removed from the country. The chase was a stunt set up to illustrate just how powerful and effective the Chinese government’s surveillance system can be. It’s a stark example of the type of monitoring that China has invested heavily in over recent years with the aim of helping police do their job more efficiently.
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China has the largest monitoring system in the world. There are some 170 million CCTV cameras across the country, and that’s tipped to grow more than three-fold with 400 million more set to be installed by 2020.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3829020&forum_id=2#34919284)