Given the company is subject to China's intelligence laws, it can be compelled to send crucial data to spies in Beijing. Last year, ministers banned Hikvision devices from government buildings and other sensitive sites on national security grounds.

The VHS tapes at the beginning of the chapters were another awesome touch to the book, in fact this entire book just made me want to sit down and watch 80’s movies.And how has President Xi Jinping responded? With unfettered disdainĪnd given that it is the ultimate surveillance society, it is horrifying that CCTV cameras made by a controversial Chinese company will monitor crowds at the royal occasion. I really want to see more from Kristina as I adored her friendship with Alice. The side characters are a delightful cherry on top and I am dying to see them again. Friendly, strong, and determined, I also loved that he was a big dude! Cause I like my alpha males and all. I loved that Rafe embraced her nerdiness and quirks, and he saw how her past made her the woman she was. Alice is quirky and nerdy and I loved her. I really loved reading the progression of the relationship between Rafe and Alice, their adventures together and the little moments where they got to know each other. But I have a feeling you’re worth knowing.” I thought you were one of those bone-headed, stupid athletes who only cared about baseball and women. The two agree to be friends but there is an attraction between them that Rafe doesn’t want to deny. Rafe makes it clear from the beginning he is interested in Alice, but Alice wants something more substantial than a fling. On a whim, she attends a baseball game for the local minor league team where she meets Rafe, the star pitcher. Having been sheltered by her mother her entire life, Charleston is Alice’s chance to live free and discover new things. “I’m pretty sure I just want you to think of me, Alice.”Īnything But Minor is about a woman named Alice who has left Ohio to live in Charleston and has a new career as a flight instructor. “I’m not sure what you want me to think of you, Rafe.” I always know one thing going into a Kate Stewart book: she’s gonna leave me with a big old smile on my face.

Anything but Minor by Kate Stewart