Watch this: China surveillance tech seeks to go globalChina is the best represented of the 53 nations at the security fair save for host nation France. Coupled with facial recognition technology, in which China is also a world leader, the surveillance network is an important element of Chinese efforts to control its population. According to a trove of government documents released by the New York Times recently the surveillance system was used against China's Uighur minority as part of a crackdown in Xinjiang. Hikvision, which has supplied cameras for the video surveillance system in the French city of Nice, is not present at Milipol this year. Chinese armaments firm Norinco is also present at Milipol, but with facial recognition technology rather than assault rifles or battle tanks.

Source: Bangkok Post November 24, 2019 03:00 UTC