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China's vast, unstoppable effort to spy on its 1.4 billion people

By Paul Mozur and Aaron Krolik
New York Times·
12 mins to read
China's vast, unstoppable effort to spy on its 1.4 billion people
A surveillance camera on the ceiling of a packed subway car in Zhengzhou. Photo / Gilles Sabrié, The New York Times

The authorities can scan your phones, track your face and find out when you leave your home. One of the world's biggest spying networks is aimed at regular people, and nobody can stop it.

China is ramping up its ability to spy on its nearly 1.4 billion people to new

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