The government of Canada has awarded an estimated $6.8 million contract to a state-owned Chinese company to supply security equipment for 170 embassies, consulates and high commissions around the globe.
The contract for conveyor-style X-ray machines was awarded to Beijing-based Nuctech Company, a company owned by the Chinese government and founded by the son of former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Hu Jintao.
A security industry source said that the X-ray machines are stand-alone systems that would not be connected to embassy networks. But he said he is concerned that there will now be “significant pieces of Chinese technology sitting in every embassy”. The contract includes delivery, installation, operator training and software.
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