China, 3,000 cameras for foreign journalists and students in Henan

In the Chinese province of Henan, 3,000 cameras connected to regional and national databases will soon be installed for the facial recognition of foreign journalists, students and other individuals considered sensitive by the authorities. According to the specifications included in the tender for the award of the contract for the development of the system, of which the American research company on IPvm surveillance technologies announces, when a sensitive person will check in at a hotel, he will buy plane tickets or it will cross the borders of the province, an alarm will sound. A total of 2,000 police officers will be employed to manage the system. Journalists will be assigned a color, including red, yellow and green, to indicate the urgency of tracking. Facial recognition must be able to ‘overcome’ barriers such as glasses and masks. (continued) The system requested by the Chinese province “is like no other deployed up to now”, comment the American researchers. The contract was awarded last September to the Chinese company Neurosoft.