Surveillance State: Why Zhenhua Data Is Researching Irish People for the Chinese Government

11/16/20

PERSPECTIVE: China syndrome

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An obscure Chinese company compiled a dataset of 963 influential Irish people, and at first glance, the names appear to be random. John Mooney writes in The Timesthat on closer inspection, however, you can see they have been chosen carefully. There are politicians, trade unionists, scientists, tech entrepreneurs, academics, bankers, business leaders, diplomats and even high-profile criminals.

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