One of the nearly 2.6 million surveillance cameras which have put Chongqing in southwestern China at the top of a list of the world’s most monitored cities. Photo: Shutterstock

Cities in China most monitored in the world, report finds

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Topic | Surveillance

Phoebe Zhang

Published: 11:00pm, 19 Aug, 2019

Updated: 1:59pm, 20 Aug, 2019

One of the nearly 2.6 million surveillance cameras which have put Chongqing in southwestern China at the top of a list of the world’s most monitored cities. Photo: Shutterstock

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Phoebe Zhang

Phoebe Zhang is a society reporter with the South China Morning Post. She likes to write human-interest stories and has written many about people living on the fringes of society. She believes there's no story or person that's too small.