![A Chinese security officer watches a woman pass through a checkpoint, equipped with a metal detector and facial recognition technology, to enter the main bazaar in Urumqi in the Xinjiang region of China.](/sites/default/files/media_2023/05/202305asia_china_xinjiang_security_officer.jpg)
A Chinese security officer watches a woman pass through a checkpoint, equipped with a metal detector and facial recognition technology, to enter the main bazaar in Urumqi in the Xinjiang region of China, November 6, 2018.
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