How China Surveils the ‘Five Poisons’
Summary
A Center for Advanced Defense Studies report examines digital surveillance projects in Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Hong Kong, drawing on more than 300,000 government and company procurement records. The article says Chinese security agencies use broad surveillance systems to monitor people identified as potential threats, including ethnic and religious minorities and pro-democracy activists.Key Facts
- The report is titled “Monitoring the Frontier: Chinese Digital Surveillance Projects in Tibet, the Uyghur Region, Inner Mongolia and Hong Kong.”
- C4ADS researcher Mishel Kondi analyzed more than 300,000 procurement records from government agencies and companies.
- The article identifies China’s Ministry of Public Security and other security bodies as users of digital surveillance tools.
- The article describes the “Five Poisons” as a Chinese Communist Party framework that labels minority groups and pro-democracy activists as threats.
- Procurement records include references to monitoring monks and nuns, people who traveled abroad and did not return, and people classified as “untrustworthy.”
- The article says the report documents surveillance across Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Hong Kong.
- The article says Beijing has not succeeded in bringing Taiwan under its control.
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