China reportedly sought World Bank funding for surveillance in Xinjiang
loans to fund facial recognition technology for the purpose of using it in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, according to a report by news website Axios on Wednesday.
The Chinese asked for funding to buy facial recognition and night vision cameras, and other surveillance technology, for use in Xinjiang schools, the report said, citing official World Bank procurement documents. Beijing has been heavily criticized by the U.S. and other countries at the United Nations for detaining ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims, and setting up what it calls "vocational training centers" in remote Xinjiang for "re-education," to stamp out what Beijing brands as "extremism."
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