Special Report: How ZTE helped Venezuela create China-style social control

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Special Report: How ZTE helped Venezuela create China-style social control

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In April 2008, former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dispatched Justice Ministry officials to visit counterparts in the Chinese technology hub of Shenzhen. Their mission, according to a member of the Venezuela delegation, was to learn the workings of China's national identity card program. Chav...

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