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World Service,3 mins

China's surveillance state

The World This Week

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China says mobile phone buyers must give a facial scan. It's one of the ways China keeps its citizens under control - as Stephen McDonell explains to Caroline Wyatt. (Picture: A man is reflected in surveillance cameras at an event in Shanghai. Credit: Reuters)

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