The Promise and Threat of China's Smart Cities

China's smart city technology may improve urban life and bring economic benefits. But it also advances the existing surveillance state. Now other nations are worried about its implications.

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[dcr]

Not to mention London has 73 cameras per 1000 people, among the highest surveillance camera per capital for a major city

[ProuvaireJean]

According to Comparitech, China does have a huge number of CCTV cameras in its cities. But the city with the most CCTV cameras per square mile in the world is Delhi, with 1826 cameras per square mile, followed by London, with 1138 cameras per sqm. The city in China with the most cameras per square mile is Shenzen with 520 per sqm - less than a third of Delhi and less than half of London. Shanghai has 408 per sqm, and Beijing has not 181 per sqm, which is even less than New York City at 194 per sqm.

[lexneuron]

Since Snowden's Revelation, anything Bloomberg said sounds like CIA-scripted propaganda. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[raidftpsc]

8:40 let's all pretend the NSA does not exist.

[incisive]

And yet Julian Assange is still locked up? Hypocritical

[muhamadidlan]

not sure why you're targetting China, when your own allies - Singapore, even has the same surveilance method

[botai]

800 billion ? wow thats like a third of the afghan war

[akashdobhal]

At the end of the day, it all comes down to the intentions behind using such technology. Seoul also uses surveillance technology which makes it one of the safest cities in the world. It's a perfect middle way between digital police and lawlessness.

[jz]

CCTV camera in any other countries: innovation of technology, safety guard for people,
CCTV camera in China: no democrocy, no human rights, survellance, prison, privacy, bad, bad....

[sdo]

NSA: We didn't do anything, don't look at me

[melvincoleman]

One problem I see with everyone moving to the city is safe and affordable housing. Supply and demand not matching equals inflation.

[MrHien]

Whatever your opinion on China is, Smart city with robust public transportation and green energy support, is the only way humanity can realistically move forward and combat world issues today.

[DucaTech]

Everytime they post a picture, image, and video I wish Bloomberg date stamp it. Some look old, some look current. I'm not sure if they're talking about 10 years ago, 10 months ago or 10 days ago. If you're going to post a video, interview or image, please state date & time.

[pacifiquetumu]

How did USA track Meng ? If that isn't surveillance what's is it?

[thinkglobally]

Id rather live in a city full of CCTV than a city where you are told by police "no CCTV, we have no idea what happend."

[richiesd]

I wish we had smart cities in USA to get rid of all the criminals and riff raff. Too much crime here!

[greentraveler]

When you are using Facebook Twitter YouTube and MasterCard or visacard you already under the surveillance of American authorities, that's why the FBI knows how to find people so quickly. When you use credit card, they know when you used it, what did you buy and where did you buy.

[dai_parama_padida]

Maybe if the US stopped bothering about china and start working on themselves they would eventually win every Tech race there is

[theshades]

How much privacy are we as a society willing to give up in the name of safety? I’m here to say we should not give it all up

[Kenneth-jtul]

Smart city required power to keep it alive and online 24/7.

But not when power shortage.