Chinese Cameras Removed from Streets in Europe over Fears of Spying
Following the USA, Denmark has also decided to abandon Chinese electronic surveillance systems
There are many phobias in the world. Many dozens. There are some people who suffer from ailurophobia and are afraid of cats, others are afraid of tomatoes, and this condition is called lycopersicophobia. But it seems that in recent years the West, led by the United States, has become completely ill with a mixture of sinophobia (fear of China and Chinese culture) and scoptophobia, the fear of being watched or supervised, which scholars say also includes a fear of being photographed.
The Danish Road Administration (Vejdirektoratet) has decided to remove surveillance cameras manufactured by Chinese company Hikvision from the streets due to “cybersecurity concerns.” Earlier, a similar decision was made by US authorities suspecting Chinese electronic products of espionage. Hikvision is the world’s leading manufacturer of surveillance cameras.
Sinophobia is also spreading like wildfire in the United Kingdom, where the Royal Air Force Command has decided to build a radar station in Wales “to help counter space threats from China.” The new long-range satellite tracking center will be located at Cawdor Barracks military base in Pembrokeshire and will help protect critical satellite communications and navigation networks. The project is part of a program introduced three years ago called the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capabilities (DARC).
The icing on the cake of the anti-China psychosis was the decision by Britain’s national airline, British Airways, to “suspend flights from London to Beijing starting October 26.” British Airways did not specify the reason for the decision to scale back its operations in China, but experts speak of weak demand, one of the results of trade wars waged by the West against China.
