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Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/AlTnYHPpdEw/12-days-in-xinjiang---chinas-surveillance-state
12 Days In Xinjiang - China's Surveillance State
Long-time Slashdot reader b0s0z0ku writes: China has turned Xinjiang, the Northwestern part of the country surrounding Urumqi, into one of the most advanced surveillance states in the world. Officially, the purpose is to prevent terrorism and control resistance to the government in one of the few parts of China where ethnic Chinese are a minority. From routine use of facial recognition cameras, to police checkpoints where people's cell phones randomly are checked for unauthorized software, to needing to swipe an ID card and be photographed to buy gasoline and other necessities, the level of technology — and control — is frightening and awe-inspiring.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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