When the project was unveiled in 2019, Nebojsa Stefanovic, Serbia’s former interior minister, boasted that every street and building in the area of the square would be covered by cameras. Republic Square in Belgrade, which is under constant observation by equipment made in China © Robert Wyatt /Alamy The cameras in central Belgrade represent the first among some 8,000 that the city plans to install as part of a comprehensive “safe city” partnership with Huawei. A surveillance camera system installed by Huawei, the Chinese technology group, has the capacity to monitor the behaviour of people in the square and elsewhere in the city, recognise their faces, identify their vehicle number plates and make judgments on whether suspicious activities are afoot. The square is under constant observation by equipment made in China. It is also now at the centre of an international debate about the export of Chinese technology, authoritarian surveillance and cyber security. Simply sign up to the Cyber Security myFT Digest - delivered directly to your inbox.īelgrade’s Republic Square is one of the cultural and social hubs of the Serbian capital, a popular meeting point lined with cafés and the site of the National Museum and the National Theatre.
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