China's Far West provinces (inc. Tibet)

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Hat tip to WoTR for this article, with both details on law enforcement cooperation - not always working - and whether there are many fighters.
Link:https://warontherocks.com/2019/01/ch...hters-problem/

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Yet another article on China's use of technology for mass surveillance, this time exposed to view by accident. So via The Soufan Group's briefing and BLUF:

• A Dutch cybersecurity researcher reported that Chinese company SenseNets exposed millions of people’s facial recognition information.
• China has used facial recognition to target Muslim ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region.
• Venezuela is also adopting an identification card system similar to the Chinese model to track and collect information about their citizens.
• Personal information collected by states and their corporate partners is valuable to criminals and its exposure could place citizens at greater risk.

Link:https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbri...ently-exposed/

There is a wider application of this technology.

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A 'long read' which appeared a week ago:https://www.theguardian.com/news/201...ce-recognition

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A 'long read' on WoTR on re-education camps and the policies involved. With a note that open source information can be gathered in support. It ends with:

It is rather a regime that has developed an innovative set of “governmental technologies” that proactively seeks to mold and direct the behavior of citizens.

Link:https://warontherocks.com/2019/04/ch...itarians-past/