Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Asia Pacific Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Asia Pacific | How China Uses High-Tech Surveillance to Subdue Minorities Advertisement Supported by ByChris Buckley and Paul Mozur May 22, 2019 阅读简体中文版 閱讀繁體中文版 KASHGAR, China — A God’s-eye view of Kashgar, an ancient city in western China, flashed onto a wall-size screen, with colorful icons marking police stations, checkpoints and the locations of recent security incidents. At the click of a mouse, a technician explained, the police can pull up live video from any surveillance camera or take a closer look at anyone passing through one of the thousands of checkpoints in the city. To demonstrate, she showed how the system could retrieve the photo, home address and official identification number … [Read more...] about How China Uses High-Tech Surveillance to Subdue Minorities
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Deputy PM, FM Minh to visit Japan next week
18:41 | 23/05/2019 VGP - Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh will pay a visit to Japan to co-chair the 11th meeting of the Viet Nam - Japan Cooperation Committee and attend the International Conference on Future of Asia in Tokyo, Japan from May 29 – 31. The tour is made at the invitation of Foreign Minister of Japan Kono Taro, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs./. … [Read more...] about Deputy PM, FM Minh to visit Japan next week
Supreme leader criticizes Iran’s politicians amid US tension
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........DEVELOPING... Story will be updated as new information can be verified. Updated 5 times AlertMeTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader publicly chastised the country’s moderate president and foreign minister Wednesday, saying he disagreed with the implementation of the 2015 nuclear deal they had negotiated with world powers.The extraordinary comments by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the first time he’s criticized both politicians by name, came amid tensions with the United States a year after Washington’s withdrawal from the accord.Khamenei has final say on all matters of state, and his blaming the deal’s unraveling limits the influence of President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif — relative moderates within Iran’s Shiite … [Read more...] about Supreme leader criticizes Iran’s politicians amid US tension
Iran supreme leader criticizes politicians amid US tensions
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader publicly chastised the country’s moderate president and foreign minister Wednesday, saying he disagreed with the implementation of the 2015 nuclear deal they had negotiated with world powers. The extraordinary comments by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the first time he’s criticized both politicians by name, came amid tensions with the United States a year after Washington’s withdrawal from the accord. Khamenei has final say on all matters of state, and his blaming the deal’s unraveling limits the influence of President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif — relative moderates within Iran’s Shiite theocracy who had struck the deal. It also shows the growing power of hard-liners. … [Read more...] about Iran supreme leader criticizes politicians amid US tensions
How China Uses Technology to Segregate and Subdue Millions
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Asia Pacific Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Asia Pacific | How China Uses Technology to Segregate and Subdue Millions Advertisement Supported by ByChris Buckley and Paul Mozur May 22, 2019 KASHGAR, China — A God’s-eye view of Kashgar, an ancient city in western China, flashed onto a wall-size screen, with colorful icons marking police stations, checkpoints and the locations of recent security incidents. At the click of a mouse, a technician explained, the police can pull up live video from any surveillance camera or take a closer look at anyone passing through one of the thousands of checkpoints in the city. To demonstrate, she showed how the system could retrieve the photo, home address and official identification number of a woman who had been stopped at a checkpoint on a major highway. The system sifted through billions of records, … [Read more...] about How China Uses Technology to Segregate and Subdue Millions