China: Checking IDs

Monday, November 17th, 2008 @ 14:35 UTC

by Oiwan Lam

Countries:
China
Topics:
Governance, Human Rights
Languages:
English

Mutant Palm blogs about the Identity card verification system recently launched in China. The blogger points out that the Chinese system of local registration and documentation has been far less comprehensive, or effective, than Western societies.

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