Advances in security and surveillance technologies mean the days of elderly guards manning posts at commercial and residential establishments are numbered.

Facial recognition payment is the next step in evolution of cashless transactions in China, home to the world’s biggest internet population.

Police in Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing have run trials of software that can identify a person from 50 metres away – even if they have their face covered or back to a camera.

The move is the latest example of Beijing using facial recognition technology to not only keep an eye on its citizens but also to make sure they behave themselves

Billionaire investor speaking in Davos, Switzerland, warns about China’s use of artificial intelligence to keep tabs on its citizens.

With the technology being used in New York and elsewhere in the United States, China is exporting its cutting-edge facial recognition across the Pacific.

The technology is gaining traction in a range of consumer electronic products, cars, and retail and hotel services

Consumers in 2016 alleged the firm violated state law by collecting and storing biometric data from people’s photos

The smart lock is one of the latest hi-tech tools authorities are using to keep an eye on its citizens

So-called deception detection system will supposedly analyse expressions of people trying to enter Europe to see whether they are telling the truth.

Guangzhou’s metro operator will open one security channel fitted with new technology in each of four stations across the city on Friday.

Police in Sichuan province apprehend ‘about a dozen’ suspects for petty crimes as ‘God of Songs’ passively reinforces his reputation.

The twin pressures of the US-China trade war and threatened sanctions of sensitive critical components are forcing security authorities to turn to innovative solutions.

Automated gates designed to reduce the time it will take for passengers to pass through security checks at airport by using biometric scanners.

HKEX chief also calls for relaxation of tax rule for Hong Kong residents who work across border.

Beijing’s new US$12 billion airport will feature cutting-edge surveillance technology to ease bottlenecks in security and immigration screening.