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<p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:1.6rem;font-family:"Fira Sans";vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(17,17,17);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">"Flocks of robotic<span> </span><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/Birds" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(236,26,46)">birds</a><span> </span>are taking to the skies of China equipped with high-tech surveillance technology, according to a report.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:20px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:1.6rem;font-family:"Fira Sans";vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(17,17,17);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The so-called "spy bird" programme, first reported by the <a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2152027/china-takes-surveillance-new-heights-flock-robotic-doves-do-they" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(236,26,46)"><em style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:italic;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">South China Morning Post</em></a>, is already in operation in at least five provinces and provides another tendril in the country's already advanced surveillance network."</p><div><br></div><div><font size="4"><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/china-spy-bird-drone-government-surveillance-a8415766.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/china-spy-bird-drone-government-surveillance-a8415766.html</a></font><br></div></div>