How Silicon Valley enabled China's digital police state:
An AP investigation reveals that U.S. technology companies to a large degree designed and built China’s ...
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US Tech Fueled China’s Digital Surveillance StateFor over 25 years, American firms sold billions in tech enabling China’s police to monitor and detain millions, including Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
Key FactsSep 9, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: apnews.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: apnews.com
- Major U.S. companies designed and sold technology foundational to China’s vast surveillance network.
- The systems collect vast personal data to monitor and restrict the movements of targeted individuals, particularly ethnic minorities.
- Despite warnings, this technology facilitated mass detentions and suppression of dissent and religious groups.
- The Yang family’s ongoing persecution exemplifies the human cost of these surveillance tools in eastern China.
Because of this technology ... we have no freedom at all.— Yang Caiying, who is now in exile in Japan, speaks about the impact of surveillance technology on people's freedom in China.
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