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China-Japan-Koreas |
Chinese Cameras Help Nork Surveillance |
2013-01-15 |
North Korea is tightening surveillance of the population using tens of thousands of Chinese-made surveillance cameras. According to Chinese customs data, the North imported a total of 16,420 CCTV cameras worth about US$1.66 million from China from January to November last year. In 2009, the first year China published statistics on bilateral trade, the North imported a whopping 40,465 surveillance cameras from China. In 2010 the figure was 22,987 and in 2011 22,118. Altogether the North has imported over 100,000 cameras worth about $10 million. Pundits say the cameras are mainly for the long porous border with China to stop a growing tide of defections. Meanwhile, crude oil and oil products were the major products the North imported from China between January and November last year with a total value US$526 million. Next came naphtha products ($101.7 million), cargo trucks ($92.2 million), and flour ($58.8 million). |
Posted by:Steve White |
#2 Uh,...who can find a camera on the Mexican border not made in China? |
Posted by: Skidmark 2013-01-15 06:49 |
#1 Sniff, sniff, DHS + Amerika would be proud! |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-01-15 00:14 |