Huawei ‘Safe City’ Systems Are Ineffective, Crime Figures Show

China has been heavily promoting its surveillance technology in countries around the world, but the “safe city” projects have produced lackluster results.  
Huawei ‘Safe City’ Systems Are Ineffective, Crime Figures Show
A worker cleans a surveillance camera on a street in Nairobi, Kenya, on Jan. 18, 2019. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images
Nicole Hao
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China has been heavily promoting its surveillance technology among client governments around the world, but apart from miring the locals in debt and raising national security risks, the projects have produced lackluster results.

Multiple cities in Pakistan have reported increased crime rates, even after installing “Safe City” infrastructure built by China’s state-linked tech company Huawei.

Nicole Hao
Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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