china, dahua technology, hikvision, london, surveillance cameras, uyghur persecution

China Ranks No. 1 for Most Monitored Cities

In the dystopian novel 1984, author George Orwell predicted a future where every action of a citizen is closely monitored by a totalitarian government. The Chinese Communist Party’s rule of China is a perfect example of such an administration. The Communist Party is covering China with a vast network of surveillance cameras and related tech ...

Max Lu

Chinese in Beijing.

The World’s Top 10 Cities With the Most Surveillance Cameras

At one time, surveillance cameras were only fiction. The novel 1984 by George Orwell centers on the risks of repressive totalitarianism and government overreach within society. It was written in 1949 and set in an imagined future — 1984 — when much of the world had fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, and ...

Max Lu

Surveillance cameras.

Racism 2.0: How AI Helps Chinese Communists Profile Citizens

The Chinese government is rapidly integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into its administration, but not in a good way. Instead of using AI for the advancement of its citizens, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is looking for ways to better profile and monitor selected communities. The Uyghur Muslim population of Xinjiang is the first community to ...

Max Lu

AI facial recognition.