U.S.-China Surveillance

The University of Hong Kong’s China Media Project published a fascinating translation last month of an article by Wang Guixiu (王贵秀), “a scholar with the Party School of CPC Central Committee,” that has been “making the rounds” in print media and on the Internet.
Power monitoring is actually an act of checking on limiting of [...]

The People’s Daily recently announced the introduction of a new nation-wide monitoring system to combat cheating in entrance examinations this year:
The new system went into operation Thursday as the 2007 National College Entrance Examination got underway.
The National Education Examination Authority (NEEA) director Dai Jiagan said the system was based on local school networks and connected [...]

A requirement for all US citizens requesting employment to present Real ID is buried in the current draft of the much maligned US immigration reform bill, according to a June 5th post at PolicyBeta, the blog for the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT).
Congress is back from its spring recess and the hot topic for [...]

From the June 4 Congressional Quarterly:
American cell phones can already check e-mail, surf the Internet and store music, but they could have a new set of features in coming years: the Department of Homeland Security wants them to sense biological, chemical and radioactive material.
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A press release today by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) details ongoing research at a China-based Microsoft laboratory which seeks to develop profiles of Internet users based on their browsing habits:
“The technologies Microsoft is working on would allow it to gather information about Internet users without their knowledge,” the press freedom organisation said. “These technologies could [...]