<span style="color: #222222;">A&nbsp;Chinese technology startup has begun selling software that recognizes people by their body shape and how they walk, enabling identification when faces are hidden from cameras.&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Already used on the streets of Beijing and Shanghai, &quot;gait recognition&quot; is part of a push to develop artificial-intelligence and data-driven surveillance across China.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The company CEO said its system can identify people from up to 50 meters away, even with their backs turned or faces covered. This can fill a gap in facial recognition, which needs close-up, high-resolution views of a person's face to work.</span><br />” &nbsp;<br />