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How China Keeps Tabs on Foreigners

How China Keeps Tabs on Foreigners
NYT World Sunday 02 August 2026, 04:03 UTC By Lily Kuo and Pei-Lin Wu 1 min read
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An unsecured police dashboard was a rare window into how the authorities track foreigners by collecting and aggregating vast amounts of private data.

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