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Washington: China is harnessing Western social media to provide its military and police with information about foreign targets, according to a new report from the Washington Post. The revelation was made following the review of hundreds of Chinese tender documents, contracts and records. This new report says China maintains a nationwide network of data surveillance services that have been developed over the past decade and are used nationally to alert those responsible to politically sensitive information online. The software, which targets internet users and domestic media, also collects data on foreign targets from sources such as Twitter, Facebook, and other...
