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S8 Ep750: Preview for Later Today Jack Burnham discusses the security risks of Chinese tech companies, specifically Hikvision. He highlights its role as a top-tier PLA supplier and its use in surveillance for the mass detention of Uyghurs.

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Preview for Later Today
Jack Burnham discusses the security risks of Chinese tech companies, specifically Hikvision. He highlights its role as a top-tier PLA supplier and its use in surveillance for the mass detention of Uyghurs.
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0:31.2

This is John Batchel, a conversation with Jack Burnham of FD, about Chinese companies that are suspect and not permitted to get access

0:40.1

to the U.S. markets. Huawei, well known, making chips now in addition to cell phones.

0:45.5

ZTE, well known, making cell phones and other spying devices that are suspect and not part of the

0:53.3

U.S. purchasing power.

0:56.0

Also, the concern about Huawei and ZTE and phones from the old days,

1:00.7

old equipment that still has access to U.S. surveillance.

1:05.4

And then a new name to me, Hick Vision, H.I.K. Vision, all one.

1:10.3

Not only used in drone technology for the PLA, but also used as part of the facial recognition

1:16.6

campaign, surveillance cameras against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang.

1:21.2

Here's Jack to explain.

1:23.5

Very complicated business, but part of the Chinese aggression.

1:28.3

More later.

1:29.1

So HickVision, unlike ZETE and Huawei, HickVision primarily produces cameras, particularly

1:35.9

surveillance cameras.

1:38.0

And there's reporting that HigVision's surveillance cameras not only were embedded within parts of the Chinese military.

1:48.2

The PLA allegedly designated HickVision as a top-tier supplier in 2014 for its contributions

1:54.0

to drone and drone drumming equipment.

1:58.6

But there's also been a fair number of reporting, even internally,

2:03.0

within HickVision, an internal review in April 23, HickVision acknowledged that Chinese police

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