Talk:Mass surveillance in China

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A fact from Mass surveillance in China appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 March 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the government of China has installed over 20 million surveillance cameras across the nation?

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Chinese mass surveillance incorporates 'Project Maven'?[edit]

According to the second paragraph in the article the Chinese surveillance program uses 'Project Maven', which is a project by the United States military. This sounds highly improbable.