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Previously, the US defense secretary claimed that China is “deploying†and “honing†its “surveillance apparatus†in order to support “targeted repressions†against certain ethnic group within the country. Chinese authorities have stepped forward to address claims regarding the country's alleged activities in the field of digital surveillance that were made earlier this month by US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. Speaking at the virtual Joint Artificial Intelligence Center symposium on 9 September, Esper argued that Beijing is "constructing a 21st-century surveillance state designed to wield unprecedented control over its own people", and that China is already "deploying" and "honing" its...
