Chinese High-Tech Policing System Tracks Foreigners via 'Holistic Profiles'

Integration of High-Tech Policing

A Chinese cybersecurity expert has disclosed details regarding China's updated high-tech policing infrastructure. The system is designed to track individuals across a wide array of environments, ranging from facial recognition systems at ski resorts to the specific seats occupied by passengers on trains.

According to the expert, this integrated network allows the state to compile a "holistic profile" of any person it tracks. This represents an evolution from a network of simple street cameras into a "data-fused, 24/7, predictive social control behemoth". While China has operated the world's most extensive CCTV network for years, the current system utilizes real datasets to outline the trajectory of state surveillance.

Targeting of Foreign Nationals

Evidence from the system's "smart report" statistics indicates that Chinese security agencies focus disproportionately on citizens from the "Five Eyes" intelligence alliance, which includes the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.

Furthermore, the backend of the surveillance software contains specific designations for certain foreign journalists. These individuals are assigned a real-time tracking tag labeled as "trackable," allowing security agencies to monitor their movements in real time.

Technical Infrastructure

The surveillance operation is managed through a dashboard known as the "Dynamic Management and Control Platform".