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Media: Henan province commissioned surveillance system to track journalists, foreign students

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Yesterday, Reuters reported that Henan province commissioned a surveillance system intended to “track journalists and international students, among other ‘suspicious people’.”
The report is based on tender documents that were published on the Henan provincial procurement website.

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