<span>Screenshot of the false Facebook post captured on November 26, 2025, with a red X added by AFP</span>

South Korean police say no reports of a Chinese public security officer operating in Seoul

As anti-China sentiment intensified in South Korea, a video was shared in posts that falsely claimed it showed a Chinese public security officer directing traffic and pedestrians in Seoul. Footage of the purported officer, however, circulated in the days after Halloween celebrations in posts calling him a cosplayer. South Korean police told AFP they received…

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Chinese Surveillance Tech and Norms Spread Abroad

Chinese Surveillance Tech and Norms Spread Abroad

Reports and other media articles over the past month detail the ways in which the technology and norms underpinning China’s surveillance industry are proliferating in other countries around the world. This week, Emily Baker-White at Forbes published an investigation finding that Intel, which recently agreed to give the U.S. government a ten-percent stake in the…

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