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The Mysterious Village Surveillance Cameras

A villager finds two security surveillance cameras aimed right at the front door of her home. Could it be because she had been doing petitions? Or is she just paranoid? ...full story at ESWN

from ESWN on Sat, Aug 22 2009

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12 Aug 09 visit China Installs Nearly 3M Surveillance Cameras  »  YouTube
23 Aug 09 visit The mysterious village surveillance cameras  »  Danwei ESWN translates a report from the Southern Metropolis Daily on a village in Shandong that has five security cameras, two of which are pointed at the door to the home of one petitioner. Link picked by Danwei.org
16 Aug 09 visit Surveillance Cameras in China: Privacy versus Security  »  ESWN China has 2.75 million surveillance cameras installed already. Several of them were used to solve the murder of a female village official in Chengdu. What would the Chinese rather have? Privacy or security?
10 Aug 09 visit Rural areas to get surveillance cameras  »  Shanghai Daily CHINA'S police authority will extend the installation of surveillance cameras in rural communities to provide better public security. The Ministry of Public Security said in a statement on its Website yesterday...
11 Nov 09 visit More cameras to watch Chongqing  »  People's Daily CHONGQING: Nearly 500,000 surveillance cameras will watch public places in Chongqing by 2012, in accordance with a new government initiative. By installing new cameras and updating surveillance systems, city officials will see an improvement in video...
05 Sep 09 visit More security cameras  »  Shanghai Daily CHINA'S southern Guangdong Province is installing 1 million cameras in public places, including busy streets and railway stations as part of its anti-crime surveillance efforts. The cameras, which will be fully...

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