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Surveillance in Tibetan Nature Reserves

April 10, 2020;

Chinese press have reported “plans to install a video monitoring system in the Qiangtang Nature Reserve” (Chang Tang Nature Reserve). The People’s Daily has described how the “system will provide 24/7 all-weather monitoring” with the intention of “bring down poaching and smuggling in the region”. Local police are reported to have already carried out a 22 day patrol of the reserve located in Chinese administered Tibet.

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