How U.S. Tech Giants Enabled China’s Oppressive Surveillance State

American technology companies, once heralded as symbols of innovation and freedom, have played a far darker role than publicly acknowledged: they helped build the backbone of China’s digital police state. This surveillance infrastructure, used to enforce brutal repression against ethnic minorities and political dissidents, was largely designed and supplied by U.S. firms despite repeated warnings from Congress and media outlets.Are American Companies Ignoring National Security for Profit?The Associated Press investigation uncovered tens of thousands of pages of confidential documents, emails, and insider testimonies revealing how top American companies—from IBM to Dell, Microsoft to Intel—sold billions in technology enabling Beijing’s mass...