Despite the more recent focus on cybersecurity, the programs in Xinjiang were an early driver of U.S. prohibitions on Chinese surveillance technology manufacturers including Hikvision, Dahua and also Huawei. This is the reality of a high-tech surveillance state. The data cache included location descriptions such as 'mosque' and illustrated the extent of the surveillance state in Xinjiang. As I've written about before, it's a fundamental focus of the surveillance state Beijing has in place, subsidizing exports whilst operating a closed domestic market. China's approach, though, would still cut to the heart of human rights - even if you believed that the 13,000 people the authorities claim to have arrested were really terrorists.

Source: Forbes March 18, 2019 10:03 UTC