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China bans compulsory facial recognition and its use in private spaces like hotel rooms
(www.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2025
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They didn't include government surveillance in that. I don't doubt for a second the Chinese government's willingness to regulate hotel door locks and whatnot. Better question is how much resources go into enforcement (zero isn't a terrible bet) and how quickly businesses respond to the new regulations (I honestly don't know China in that respect but I could see an American hotel in the same situation waiting until somebody proverbially twisted their arm on the issue).