Is It Only Chinese Companies?

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The adoption of this type of technology around the world is now accelerating, according to data that we received from r w r advisery in washington. The chinese companies largely deny a lot of these allegations. They said they just supply the equipment and the city runs it, and that china doesn't use the data. But some countries have become worried enough to stop using the technology anyway.

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