US Tech Chief Calls China ‘Advanced Authoritarian State,’ Warns Against Surveillance, Censorship

US Tech Chief Calls China ‘Advanced Authoritarian State,’ Warns Against Surveillance, Censorship
United States White House CTO Michael Kratsios delivers a speech on the last day of the Web Summit in Lisbon on Nov. 7, 2019. PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP /AFP via Getty Images
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
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U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios said the Beijing regime has built an “advanced authoritarian state” and warned against countries “opening their arms” to Chinese companies for key infrastructure such as 5G network technology and artificial intelligence.

Kratsios, in his first major international remarks on Nov. 7 after being confirmed by the Senate in August, spoke about the Trump administration’s efforts to lead in emerging technologies, urging that if they didn’t act now, the Chinese communist regime’s influence and control of technology would “not only undermine the freedoms of their own citizens but all citizens of the world.”
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
Bowen Xiao was a New York-based reporter at The Epoch Times. He covers national security, human trafficking and U.S. politics.
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