‘Safe like China’: In Argentina, ZTE finds eager buyer for surveillance tech

A woman stands in a plaza in front of the provincial government's headquarters in San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Cassandra Garrison/Files

SAN SALVADOR DE JUJUY, Argentina: In Argentina's remote northern province of Jujuy, Chinese telecoms giant ZTE is installing a little slice of the Asian nation's vast surveillance state – security cameras that the local government says will help to curb street crime.

Even this relatively small, little-reported deal is raising concerns in Washington, which is increasingly warning allies not to buy Chinese technology that it says could be used by Beijing to spy on its customers.