Watch this: China surveillance tech seeks to go global

Hikvision, which has supplied cameras for the video surveillance system in the French city of Nice, is not present at Milipol this year – but plenty of other Chinese firms are. — AFP

VILLEPINTE, France: Chinese firms are omnipresent at a Paris homeland security trade show, capitalising on their vast experience in developing surveillance systems for Beijing to conquer the global market despite concerns the technology has been used to violate human rights.

With 89 out of 1,100 companies demonstrating their wares at the Milipol security trade fair, China is the best represented of the 53 nations present save for host nation France.