![]() ![]() So far, Shanghai Jingkun Technology has created images for more than 70 cities worldwide, and its images have been viewed over a billion total times. Shanghai Jingkun Technology adds interactive functions for the image and then assists with promotion when the final interactive image is ready. Each image is individually processed before being used as part of the final composite image. Images are captured over a period of months. After discussing the client's needs, Shanghai Jingkun Technology then works with the client to pick a perspective and then starts the capture process when the weather allows. The images are, after all, great marketing tools. The company is hired by firms and cities around the world. The thousands of images are then processed and merged using the company's in-house technology.įor this image, I zoomed in on the leading image slightly The image is so detailed you can zoom in and see pedestrians' faces and even make out license plates.Ĭontrary to rumors floating around the web, BigPixel's detailed 360° panoramas are not captured using satellite imagery but are rather built using many images shot using a traditional camera with precise control. Its latest image is captured from the top of the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai and has a 195-gigapixel resolution. However, the authorities say it has restored stability and peace to the city.BigPixel Studio, officially Shanghai Jingkun Technology, has been creating super high-resolution panorama images of cities worldwide since 2014. The move gave police sweeping new powers, alarming democrats, civil society groups and trade partners, as such laws have been used broadly to silence and punish dissidents in China. It criminalised subversion, secession, collusion with foreign forces and terrorist acts, which were broadly defined to include disruption to transport and other infrastructure. In June 2020, Beijing inserted national security legislation directly into Hong Kong’s mini-constitution – bypassing the local legislature – following a year of pro-democracy protests and unrest. The director of audit said in a report to the Legislative Council that the department needed “to step up efforts in examining library materials for safeguarding national security and taking follow-up actions.” ![]() A national security law advertisement in an MTR station. Last month, government auditors urged the LCSD to “step up efforts” to make sure library materials did not threaten national security. The security chief also said that he believed that “safeguarding national security is high on the agenda of each individual department and bureau.” Secretary for Security Chris Tang said in a separate press conference on Monday that he was sure the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), which oversees the city’s public libraries, had their own policies regarding library books. “That is an important thing that any government to do so that the books that we allow for public circulation do serve the interest of Hong Kong,” Lee said. The chief executive said on Tuesday said that libraries had to “do their duties” to ensure that books were not in breach of Hong Kong laws, including copyright legislation, and did not spread any messages contrary to the city’s interests. HKFP reported in 2021 that Hong Kong public libraries, over the preceding 12 years, had removed 29 out of 149 books about the Tiananmen crackdown from their shelves, a total of 263 individual titles. Of 468 political books and recordings identified by Ming Pao, at least 195 had been removed – 96 of them in the past year, the newspaper reported.īooks by Zunzi, a political cartoonist whose comic column was recently suspended by Ming Pao, were also among listings removed from public libraries. Ming Pao reported that since 2020, around 40 per cent of books and recordings about political topics or figures had been removed from public libraries. Books removed from Hong Kong public libraries still accessible in shops, says Chief Executive John Lee - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP Close ![]()
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