The US’ use of Chinese surveillance technology is creating what a professor from Peking University called “a race to become the world’s biggest peeping Tom”. Photo: Alamy

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Topic | China science

Stephen Chen in Beijing

Published: 11:00pm, 11 Jan, 2019

Updated: 2:02pm, 3 Feb, 2019

The US’ use of Chinese surveillance technology is creating what a professor from Peking University called “a race to become the world’s biggest peeping Tom”. Photo: Alamy

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Stephen Chen

Stephen Chen investigates major research projects in China, a new power house of scientific and technological innovation. He has worked for the Post since 2006. He is an alumnus of Shantou University, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and the Semester at Sea programme which he attended with a full scholarship from the Seawise Foundation.