The Vancouver branch of China’s famous restaurant chain “Haidilao” has installed more than 60 surveillance cameras at the request of the head office, but it was revealed that the cameras are related to China’s “social credit monitoring system” and the recorded images will be sent back to China. China, once again arousing the attention of the outside world on the Chinese Communist Party’s surveillance.
Taiwan’s newtalk synthesizes foreign media reports, China’s “social credit monitoring system” is suspected to extend to the world, a Canadian Vancouver seabed restaurant manager Ryan. Pan said that at the request of the head office, more than 60 monitors were installed in the store, and two monitors were installed near each table, noting that “the monitors are installed to punish employees who do not comply with the company’s standard procedures, and to track them.
He also admitted that the images would be sent back to China, but he would not disclose the purpose of the film.
The revelation sparked heated internet debate, with some netizens questioning, “Why is their company’s decision linked to the government’s social credit system?” The Chinese Communist Party’s official media report, on the other hand, claimed that the Canadian branch of Seabed restaurant “installed the camera was put on the line.”
However, as early as 2018, there were very many voices in Taiwan questioning Seabed Rao’s monitors.
A Taiwanese netizen reported that when he looked up during a meal at Seabed restaurant, he found a whole row of monitors above him, and about one meter one. (Photo source: Batch kick industrial workshop)
A Taiwanese netizen reported that when dining at the bottom of the sea looked up and found that there was a whole row of monitors above, and about one meter one. (Photo source: Batch Kick Industrial Square)
According to Taiwan media BuzzOrange report, in a Taiwan branch of the bottom of the sea, the store is only 70 tables of space, but you can look up to find about 60 monitors, and the monitor brand is China’s largest security monitoring company “Hikvision”.
The report reveals that Hikvision, which is 42% owned by the Chinese government, is not only the right-hand man of the Chinese Communist Party’s digital surveillance “SkyNet”, but also provides facial recognition and other surveillance systems for the concentration camps (re-education camps) where the Chinese Communist Party persecutes human rights in Xinjiang. But what is worrying is that Hikvision has been sanctioned by the United States, but its market share in Taiwan has reached 30% or 40%.
The news also triggered Taiwan netizens hot debate: “China passed over, of course, there are monitors”, “Xi greatly Chinese wind, understand?” The news also triggered a lot of discussion among Taiwanese netizens: “What you eat, Xi knows”, “socialist restaurants with Chinese characteristics, even eating to monitor you”, “face recognition back to the Chinese database, there is a better construction of the VIP under the sea, what information is written to China The information is written to China”.
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