Britain prepares to remove surveillance cameras What does China have to do with it?

Authorities in Britain are moving to remove Chinese-made surveillance cameras from government institutions, in a move to address "national security" concerns.

This comes as the British Prime Minister said Rishi Sonak last May at the G7 summit, that China It poses "the greatest challenge to international security and prosperity in the world."

and undertook British government to announce a specific timeline for the removal of equipment made by companies labeled "under China's National Intelligence Law."

The government explained that the move was intended to "seek reassurance," referring to the urgent removal of the cameras.

The British government did not specify which Chinese companies will remove their cameras from government facilities.

The origin of the crisis

• Britain has previously called for sanctions on the purchase and use of cameras made by Hikvision and Dahua, two companies partly owned by the Chinese government.
• The British government based its call on allegations of privacy and human rights violations in China.
• Beijing has strongly criticized what it sees as the use of national security to clamp down on Chinese companies in the UK.
• Beijing has always encouraged Chinese companies to invest abroad and cooperate, while respecting market principles and domestic and international laws, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Britain said.
• The embassy called on Britain to stop what it described as "politicization" and provide a normal and non-discriminatory environment for Chinese companies to do business.