America Supports China's Digital Surveillance Efforts

Yang Guoliang was hurt by police. He was lying in a hospital bed after that. A camera was recording his body in the hospital room.

The Yang family lived in rural China. They were watched by a network. This system used U.S. technology to spy on them and guess what they would do.

Many people in China are watched like the Yangs. They are trapped by surveillance. Much of the technology for this came from the United States.

American companies helped build China's surveillance system. They sold technology to China. This technology was used to control people and stop protests.

Surveillance is increasing around the world. This includes the United States. China now uses what it learned to sell surveillance to other countries.