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'Nowhere to hide': How China is using big data to police the future

By Paul Mozur, Muyi Xiao and John Liu
New York Times·
13 mins to read
'Nowhere to hide': How China is using big data to police the future
A video screen at a shopping mall shows President Xi Jinping arriving for the opening session of the annual meeting of China's National People's Congress in Beijing on March 5, 2022. Photo / AP

The more than 1.4 billion people living in China are constantly watched. They are recorded by police cameras that are everywhere, on street corners and subway ceilings, in hotel lobbies and apartment buildings. Their phones are tracked, their purchases are monitored, and their online chats are censored.

Now, even their

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