The U.S. Government HELPED Build China’s Police State

We just discovered the US government actually helped American companies sell dangerous tech to the CCP. Welcome to China Uncensored. I'm Chris Chapel. This is an episode you cannot miss. This is huge. So, a while ago I did an episode on how American companies have helped build China's techno dystopia. Really brain dead, short-sighted move, if I do say so myself. And being myself, I do say so. In that episode, I discussed how AP News found maintenance contracts between Chinese surveillance systems and American tech companies dating to this year. So, it's not like they can say it was a long time ago. But it turns out it's even worse. According to the Associated Press, the US government has allowed and even helped US firms sell technology to Chinese police, government agencies, and surveillance companies. Yes, the US government encouraged corporations to prop up the very regime that wants us all dead. Part of the problem is seriously outdated laws. You see, in the aftermath of the Tianaan Square massacre, the US prohibited selling China crime control and detection equipment like restraints, helmets, shields, and batons. Heck, they even went after sex shops selling novelty gold handcuffs to China, which means poor innocent Chinese citizens with bondage kinks had to use nickelplated handcuffs like animals. But US regulators largely permitted Silicon Valley companies to sell more advanced equipment to Chinese police, including routers, servers, softwares, and AI powered surveillance systems. US regulators also allowed security cameras, surveillance devices, and facial recognition systems, all of which China's security apparatus uses to persecute and crack down on its own people. No wonder the US is so sure of China's human rights abuses, they kept the receipts. And even though there are restrictions on fingerprint recognition systems, US companies are able to get away with selling equipment that can process, store, and compare fingerprints. See, it's not fingerprint recognition. It's just all the individual pieces that help the CCP look at fingerprints. Know the difference. This would be like making hammers illegal while selling hammerheads and hammer handles. Just promise you don't combine them. More recently, Chinese companies have been able to get around chip and AI export controls by renting US cloud services like Amazon Web Service and Microsoft Azour to train their AI models. Amazon and Microsoft both know it's happening. In fact, they advertise their cloud services to Chinese customers. Tech companies obsessed with making profit are putting their country at risk just to make a profit. It's always the ones you most expect. Even Chinese companies like Dahua and Hickvision, which have been sanctioned for their role in human rights abuses in Shinjang are using their services. And yet, US lawmakers failed to close the loopholes multiple times. Thanks in part to pressure from businesses, lobbyists, and politicians with Chinese interests. I always knew American politicians were moral. They'll do whatever it takes to get some moral of that sweet, sweet moola. What's especially crazy is that the US Commercial Service, the exportpromoting arm of the US Department of Commerce, has been directly connecting US businesses to Chinese security agencies and key government officials. For example, in 2004, the Commercial Service invited American companies to show off their security products at the China International Exhibition on Public Safety and Security. It even offered each company a list of Chinese companies that expressed interest in future contact. A how kind to them. In 2006, the commercial service advertised opportunities to tap into the safety and security market. Quick reminder that this is the same country that the US felt was so unsafe and insecure they barred sex shops from selling them novelty gold handcuffs. They encourage companies to offer China digital technology, entrance guard communication systems, network technology for inspection control systems and warning systems. And if the companies needed help knowing the ins and outs of doing business in China's security industry, they didn't need to worry. In 2007, Commercial Service together with the Security Industry Association hosted a webinar called Understanding and Accessing the Security Market in China. I hope it had a Q&A portion and every question was, "What the hell are you doing?" Want to go to a trade show hosted by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security? Sure, go for it. Here's how. Now, go make friends and have fun, but not too much fun or they'll get you. And after China's crackdown in Shinjang, the commercial service in 2010 encouraged companies to help the Chinese central government and its projects to install a city-wide infrastructure of security surveillance and alarm systems as part of a strategy for more effectively maintaining order and stability. Remember that this is where China is at this very moment genociding weaguers and exploiting them for labor and organs. This would be like an American seeing what's happening in Germany in the 1930s and thinking what a business opportunity to sell some barbed wire. It wasn't just the commerce service seeking to help China security apparatus. The State Department was involved as well. A 2015 State Department draft plan for smart city cooperation obtained by AP proposed that China and the US collaborate on joint research such as on crime and urban security and include private sector players such as IBM. Wow, what a singular stain on IBM's otherwise completely unblenmished history. The US government had also sought active counterterrorism cooperation with China, which gave tech companies a chance for closer contact with Chinese authorities. Wow. The US was sure dumb, deaf, and blind when it came to China. Even Helen Keller would be like, well, whatever sign language is for you guys are idiots. Even when Trump in his first term and Biden started cracking down on surveillance related exports, those things never came to a complete halt. At best, the sale of surveillance equipment has just slowed down. Now, some are arguing that we shouldn't ban trading technology with China since it'll just make them produce better on their own and hurt the US economy. Some even say we shouldn't treat China as a security threat. But that's idiotic idealism, short-sighted corporate greed, and CCP influence talking. It's keeping the Chinese security apparatus alive and running. This line of thinking would have made no sense during the Cold War. Do you honestly think the US would have been better off by helping the Soviet Union better repress its own people? It makes no sense for the US to give China security and surveillance tools. Like it or not, China has always seen itself as at war with the US. That's why it's time to close the loopholes, ignore the lobbyists, and get serious about ending the US government's involvement in China's surveillance state. Perhaps that's what Trump meant when he threatened to impose export controls on any and all critical software. One can hope, because something needs to be done. The longer we put that off, the more power we give to China. We need to quit holding ourselves back, even if it is with golden handcuffs. What do you think? Leave your comments below with that honeypot emoji. Once again, I'm Chris Chapel. Thank you for watching China Uncensored.