Chinese video surveillance firms flay US move

Leading Chinese video surveillance product makers, including Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, have criticized a vote by the US Congress that seeks to prohibit the US government from buying Chinese products due to national security concerns.

Hikvision said in a statement that it was disappointed by the vote. There was no evidence that its products threatened US national security, and "such an accusation carried obvious speculation and bias."

The response came after the House of Representatives last week passed a bill along with an amendment that bans the US government agencies and institutions from buying surveillance cameras from Hikvision, Hytera Communications Corp and Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co.