[Series: Part #n1/5]
Is China watching you (even when you live outside China)?
On 24 August 2019, pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong found in an actual “smart lamppost” installed in town an alleged link to a Chinese company called Shanghai Sansi. One role of the company to develop and manufacture the “smart pole” system equipped with RFID, video monitoring, sensor and LED technologies among others.
The smart lampposts installed in Hong Kong, among other surveillance circuits unknown, are feared by many for their potential monitoring and surveillance functions potentially supported by Chinese companies.
According to Apple Daily, protesters said that the web address “ticktack.tech/loginApp.html” showed a webpage for a Shanghai Sansi control system.
TickTack denies China's ownership of the company and states that they will stop supplying for the HKSAR government in their smart lamppost programme. (HKFP, 26 August 2019)
(to be continued)
#chinasurveillance #blackmirror #chinaiswatchingyou #n1
Is China watching you (even when you live outside China)?
On 24 August 2019, pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong found in an actual “smart lamppost” installed in town an alleged link to a Chinese company called Shanghai Sansi. One role of the company to develop and manufacture the “smart pole” system equipped with RFID, video monitoring, sensor and LED technologies among others.
The smart lampposts installed in Hong Kong, among other surveillance circuits unknown, are feared by many for their potential monitoring and surveillance functions potentially supported by Chinese companies.
According to Apple Daily, protesters said that the web address “ticktack.tech/loginApp.html” showed a webpage for a Shanghai Sansi control system.
TickTack denies China's ownership of the company and states that they will stop supplying for the HKSAR government in their smart lamppost programme. (HKFP, 26 August 2019)
(to be continued)
#chinasurveillance #blackmirror #chinaiswatchingyou #n1
[Series: Part #n2/5]
Is China watching you (even when you live outside China)?
1. What about the smart lamppost systems run by Shanghai Sansi?
Their lampposts are equipped with data collecting functions through surveillance camera and RFID reader.
According to Sansi, their lampposts are currently in use in United States, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Romania, India, Sri Lanka, Columbia and Saudi Arabia, among numerous cities in China.
2. Why are Hongkongers alarmed of Shanghai Sansi?
Since 2018, Shanghai Sansi and Huawei, where the latter was accused of threatening US national security, cooperate in a smart home project called Huawei ZHIXUAN.
Read the timeline of the Huawei scandal in the US here.
(to be continued)
#chinasurveillance #blackmirror #chinaiswatchingyou #n2
Source:
http://www.sansi.com/aboutus/companynews/189.htm
Is China watching you (even when you live outside China)?
1. What about the smart lamppost systems run by Shanghai Sansi?
Their lampposts are equipped with data collecting functions through surveillance camera and RFID reader.
According to Sansi, their lampposts are currently in use in United States, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Romania, India, Sri Lanka, Columbia and Saudi Arabia, among numerous cities in China.
2. Why are Hongkongers alarmed of Shanghai Sansi?
Since 2018, Shanghai Sansi and Huawei, where the latter was accused of threatening US national security, cooperate in a smart home project called Huawei ZHIXUAN.
Read the timeline of the Huawei scandal in the US here.
(to be continued)
#chinasurveillance #blackmirror #chinaiswatchingyou #n2
Source:
http://www.sansi.com/aboutus/companynews/189.htm
[Series: Part #n3/5]
Is China watching you (even when you live outside China)?
3. Why are people worried about Sansi's connection with Huawei, even when it is a project partnership?
It is connected to why the U.S. has banned Huawei, alongside Chinese companies like ZTE, Dahua, Hikvision and Hytera.
3.1 The link between Huawei and North Korea
“Internal documents show that Huawei has done business with a separate Chinese company, Dandong Kehua, which in November 2017 was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for exporting and importing goods to and from North Korea trade seen by U.S. officials as -financing Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.”
“Huawei was involved in “network integration” and “software” services as well as at least one “expansion” project for Koryolink” [Koryolink as the dominant state-owned wireless network provider in North Korea]
“In internal company documents and among employees, Huawei referred to certain countries, such as North Korea, Iran and Syria, by code. North Korea, for instance, was listed as A9 in the project database.” (Washington Post, 22 July 2019)
3.2 Other potential transfer of information
"Huawei partnered with a Chinese state-owned firm, Panda International Information Technology Co. Ltd., on a variety of projects there spanning at least eight years, according to past work orders, contracts and detailed spreadsheets taken from a database that charts the company’s telecom operations worldwide.” (Washington Post, 22 July 2019)
3.3 Huawei's ties to Chinese military force
“Over the past decade, Huawei workers have teamed with members of various organs of the People’s Liberation Army on at least 10 research endeavors spanning artificial intelligence to radio communications.” (Bloomberg 29 June 2019)
Not to mention that Huawei was founded in 1987 by a former engineer with the People’s Liberation Army of China.
3.4 Huawel's extensive network of influence around the world
being the world's No. 1 telecom equilment supplier (IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 30 April 2019)
(to be continued)
#chinasurveillance #blackmirror #chinaiswatchingyou #n3
Is China watching you (even when you live outside China)?
3. Why are people worried about Sansi's connection with Huawei, even when it is a project partnership?
It is connected to why the U.S. has banned Huawei, alongside Chinese companies like ZTE, Dahua, Hikvision and Hytera.
3.1 The link between Huawei and North Korea
“Internal documents show that Huawei has done business with a separate Chinese company, Dandong Kehua, which in November 2017 was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for exporting and importing goods to and from North Korea trade seen by U.S. officials as -financing Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.”
“Huawei was involved in “network integration” and “software” services as well as at least one “expansion” project for Koryolink” [Koryolink as the dominant state-owned wireless network provider in North Korea]
“In internal company documents and among employees, Huawei referred to certain countries, such as North Korea, Iran and Syria, by code. North Korea, for instance, was listed as A9 in the project database.” (Washington Post, 22 July 2019)
3.2 Other potential transfer of information
"Huawei partnered with a Chinese state-owned firm, Panda International Information Technology Co. Ltd., on a variety of projects there spanning at least eight years, according to past work orders, contracts and detailed spreadsheets taken from a database that charts the company’s telecom operations worldwide.” (Washington Post, 22 July 2019)
3.3 Huawei's ties to Chinese military force
“Over the past decade, Huawei workers have teamed with members of various organs of the People’s Liberation Army on at least 10 research endeavors spanning artificial intelligence to radio communications.” (Bloomberg 29 June 2019)
Not to mention that Huawei was founded in 1987 by a former engineer with the People’s Liberation Army of China.
3.4 Huawel's extensive network of influence around the world
being the world's No. 1 telecom equilment supplier (IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 30 April 2019)
(to be continued)
#chinasurveillance #blackmirror #chinaiswatchingyou #n3
Washington Post
- The Washington Post
[Series: Part #n4/5]
Is China watching you (even when you live outside China)?
4. Why China might be watching you right now?
4.1 The US Case
US banned Huawei from US communications networks, due to the concern over national security threat.
In a similar vein, another telecoms giant ZTE and surveillance camera makers Dahua and Hikvision are also banned due to their connection with the Chinese government.
According to data from Forescout, there are at least 2,061 Dahua and Hikvision systems on U.S. federal government networks as of August 19. The actual figures could be higher. (Forbes, 21 August 2019)
4.2 Dahua is a surveillance camera provider worldwide specialized in Face Detection, Face Comparison, Intelligent Search, Face Image Search, Face Database Management, Mobile App Linkage and so on.
4.3 Hikvision as a surveillance camera provider worldwide as well as a subsidiary of a state-owned company.
Hikvision is a subsidiary of The China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), which is founded and governed directly by the Minister of Industry and Information Technology of the Chinese government.
The chairperson of CETC Xiong Qunli is a party member in China.
4.4 China-owned CETC and its involvement in military and civil projects around the world
In addition, CETC has reportedly deployed a facial recognition system for facilities and centers in Uyghur.
According to Associated Press, an officer in the Hoten prefecture said “there are tens of thousands of cameras here. The moment you took your first step in this city, we knew.” This was already the scenario in 2017.
CETC has actually developed mobile app platform for the authorities to monitor the Uyghur population more “efficiently” (see Human Rights Watch's report).
(to be continued)
#chinasurveillance #blackmirror #bigbrotheriswatchingyou #n4
Further reading: https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/05/01/chinas-algorithms-repression/reverse-engineering-xinjiang-police-mass-surveillance
Is China watching you (even when you live outside China)?
4. Why China might be watching you right now?
4.1 The US Case
US banned Huawei from US communications networks, due to the concern over national security threat.
In a similar vein, another telecoms giant ZTE and surveillance camera makers Dahua and Hikvision are also banned due to their connection with the Chinese government.
According to data from Forescout, there are at least 2,061 Dahua and Hikvision systems on U.S. federal government networks as of August 19. The actual figures could be higher. (Forbes, 21 August 2019)
4.2 Dahua is a surveillance camera provider worldwide specialized in Face Detection, Face Comparison, Intelligent Search, Face Image Search, Face Database Management, Mobile App Linkage and so on.
4.3 Hikvision as a surveillance camera provider worldwide as well as a subsidiary of a state-owned company.
Hikvision is a subsidiary of The China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), which is founded and governed directly by the Minister of Industry and Information Technology of the Chinese government.
The chairperson of CETC Xiong Qunli is a party member in China.
4.4 China-owned CETC and its involvement in military and civil projects around the world
In addition, CETC has reportedly deployed a facial recognition system for facilities and centers in Uyghur.
According to Associated Press, an officer in the Hoten prefecture said “there are tens of thousands of cameras here. The moment you took your first step in this city, we knew.” This was already the scenario in 2017.
CETC has actually developed mobile app platform for the authorities to monitor the Uyghur population more “efficiently” (see Human Rights Watch's report).
(to be continued)
#chinasurveillance #blackmirror #bigbrotheriswatchingyou #n4
Further reading: https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/05/01/chinas-algorithms-repression/reverse-engineering-xinjiang-police-mass-surveillance
Forbes
Thousands Of Banned Chinese Surveillance Cameras Are Watching Over America
Federal government bodies should’ve started kicking out tech from Chinese surveillance dealers. But thousands of snooping cameras from the likes of Hikvision and Dahua remain on U.S. soil.
[Series: Part #n5/5]
Is China watching you (even when you live outside China)?
5. Are you isolated from these incidents if you live outside the US?
In fact, both Hikvision and Dahua have been building surveillance systems outside China around the world.
5.1 Dahua
Specialized in face recognition, AI and surveillance cameras, Dahua has 54 overseas subsidiaries and representative offices covering the Asia Pacific, North America, Europe and Africa. Their products and services are applied in over 180 countries around the world.
They are also involved in international projects like China International Import Expo, the Rio Olympics, G20 Hangzhou Summit, the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summit and the Recife Subway in Brazil.
5.2 Hikvision
Hikvision has R&D centers in Montreal and London. They have 44 overseas regional subsidiaries and their products are applied in more than 150 countries. These include Philadelphia Recreation center in the US, the safe city project in Seoul, South Korea, Dun Laoghaire Harbour in Ireland, and the Bank of India among others.
In 2018, China actually gathered nearly half of the worldwide revenue in video survillence equipment (IHS Markit 2019). The actual figure could be higher.
#chinasurveillance #blackmirror #chinaiswatchingyou #n5
Is China watching you (even when you live outside China)?
5. Are you isolated from these incidents if you live outside the US?
In fact, both Hikvision and Dahua have been building surveillance systems outside China around the world.
5.1 Dahua
Specialized in face recognition, AI and surveillance cameras, Dahua has 54 overseas subsidiaries and representative offices covering the Asia Pacific, North America, Europe and Africa. Their products and services are applied in over 180 countries around the world.
They are also involved in international projects like China International Import Expo, the Rio Olympics, G20 Hangzhou Summit, the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summit and the Recife Subway in Brazil.
5.2 Hikvision
Hikvision has R&D centers in Montreal and London. They have 44 overseas regional subsidiaries and their products are applied in more than 150 countries. These include Philadelphia Recreation center in the US, the safe city project in Seoul, South Korea, Dun Laoghaire Harbour in Ireland, and the Bank of India among others.
In 2018, China actually gathered nearly half of the worldwide revenue in video survillence equipment (IHS Markit 2019). The actual figure could be higher.
#chinasurveillance #blackmirror #chinaiswatchingyou #n5
[China Influences over Macau 1/2]
Albert Ho, former chairman of the Democratic Party, who was named by one of the mainland's official media as one of the "big 4 radicals of Hong Kong", was scheduled to meet with a business lawyer in #Macau at 3 o'clock today to continue processing a legacy case. However, after arriving in Macau, he was stopped and detained for an hour and a half before being refused entry and repatriated to Hong Kong.
After returning to Hong Kong, he said that during the period of immigration detention the Macau authorities refused him entry because that they had reason to suspect that he would endanger public safety in Macau. He expressed disappointment over the incident. Although he said that he did not know the real reason for his rejection, the incident may cause Hongkongers to feel that they are unable to visit Macau due to political activities.
He revealed that he was going to Australia with two representatives of the Macau gambling king. After this denial of entry, he needs to look into how to continue in the future.
#ChinaSurveillance #WhiteTerror
Source: oncc
https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20190927/bkn-20190927182132692-0927_00822_001.html
#goodtogo
Albert Ho, former chairman of the Democratic Party, who was named by one of the mainland's official media as one of the "big 4 radicals of Hong Kong", was scheduled to meet with a business lawyer in #Macau at 3 o'clock today to continue processing a legacy case. However, after arriving in Macau, he was stopped and detained for an hour and a half before being refused entry and repatriated to Hong Kong.
After returning to Hong Kong, he said that during the period of immigration detention the Macau authorities refused him entry because that they had reason to suspect that he would endanger public safety in Macau. He expressed disappointment over the incident. Although he said that he did not know the real reason for his rejection, the incident may cause Hongkongers to feel that they are unable to visit Macau due to political activities.
He revealed that he was going to Australia with two representatives of the Macau gambling king. After this denial of entry, he needs to look into how to continue in the future.
#ChinaSurveillance #WhiteTerror
Source: oncc
https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20190927/bkn-20190927182132692-0927_00822_001.html
#goodtogo
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被指危害公共安全 何俊仁入境澳門遭拒
被內地官媒發文點名炮轟為「叛國禍港四人幫」之一的民主黨前主席何俊仁，原定今日3點到澳門與業務律師開會，繼續處理一宗遺產案
[China Influences over Macau 2/2]
Two teenagers were arrested by the #Macau Police for affixing poster supporting HK protests and opposing the face and vehicle recognition surveillance camera in the city. They were charged with illegally affixing posters and damaging property.
The police said official found two teens at the age of 20 were affixing posters on the wall and large amount of bills & posters were found with them, they were suspected of violating the General Regulations Governing Public Places and Damaging Property and were arrested for investigation. Police suggested that citizens should express their views in accordance to the law.
But people questioned about the arbitrary arrest by police as affixing posters was not a criminal offence, so Damaging Property should not be charged. It was a minor offence under the General Regulations Governing Public Places which the police should only issued penalty ticket and let go of the two teenagers. Some doubted the Macau police were particularly sensitive of the HK protests therefore using such strong power to deter the support to Hongkongers.
#ChinaSurveillance
#WhiteTerror #PoliceState
Source : AAMacau Media (1/10)
https://aamacau.com/2019/10/01/
Two teenagers were arrested by the #Macau Police for affixing poster supporting HK protests and opposing the face and vehicle recognition surveillance camera in the city. They were charged with illegally affixing posters and damaging property.
The police said official found two teens at the age of 20 were affixing posters on the wall and large amount of bills & posters were found with them, they were suspected of violating the General Regulations Governing Public Places and Damaging Property and were arrested for investigation. Police suggested that citizens should express their views in accordance to the law.
But people questioned about the arbitrary arrest by police as affixing posters was not a criminal offence, so Damaging Property should not be charged. It was a minor offence under the General Regulations Governing Public Places which the police should only issued penalty ticket and let go of the two teenagers. Some doubted the Macau police were particularly sensitive of the HK protests therefore using such strong power to deter the support to Hongkongers.
#ChinaSurveillance
#WhiteTerror #PoliceState
Source : AAMacau Media (1/10)
https://aamacau.com/2019/10/01/
論盡媒體 AllAboutMacau Media
2019/10/01 - 論盡媒體 AllAboutMacau Media｜論盡媒體 AAMacau
媒體就是權力。「論盡」深知這種權力的威力，以及權力濫用對社會的禍害。因此，「論盡」堅持獨立媒體的原則，不為政治勢力操控、不受利益團體扭曲。我們也相信，活出良知、堅守公義，是一個負責任媒體應盡的本份。