A friend of mine was recently in Beijing where at the 'China International Exhibition on Police Equipment Trade Show' he could see that it is business as usual -- since China is the world's fastest-growing market for security and crime-control equipment -- between American multinationals and Chinese police agencies.
Yes he saw while China's Police buying the latest 'latest' from the West to crackdown harder on Tibet. Here's the lowdown:
DuPont had a large exhibit promoting Kevlar bulletproof fabric for riot police use.
Motorola was selling police radio systems as well as wireless systems for transmitting vast quantities of video surveillance data.
Magnum of Britain (with "dress to kill" plastered on their salesmens' black T shirts) showed off their latest police boots because "Chinese police deserve the best -- Magnum protects the protectors".
Intelligent Computer Solutions, USA, offered a most intriguing device to senior Chinese security agency officials. It was the Image Masster RoadMasster, a powerful computer system that swiftly copies computer hard drives without leaving any trace and comes concealed in its own color-coordinated briefcase. The company claimed they sold exactly the same equipment in the same briefcases to the Pentagon for use in Iraq, and to the Central Intelligence Agency and other Western intelligence agencies for use around the world.
There were at least two Hong Kong companies with booths to market fingerprint identifica
