In China, is Big Brother everywhere? Not quite yet, report says

Local and central governments have spent billions of yuan building camera surveillance networks but it’s not an all-seeing system, researchers say. The technology is not linked nationwide but it may be just a matter of time, they say. — SCMP

Chinese authorities have ramped up spending on surveillance technology in the last decade or so but the system remains highly fragmented, according to ChinaFile, a US-based online magazine.

Researchers examined about 76,000 surveillance technology procurement notices issued since 2004 and found that central and local governments in China spent more than 14bil yuan (RM8.73bil or US$2.1bil) in the last five years on the nationwide surveillance campaign “Sharp Eyes” alone.