A Move to Add Fingerprints to Chinese ID Cards

On Oct. 24 China’s National People’s Congress passed a draft amendment to the Resident Identity Cards Law that threatens to include fingerprints in ID cards, increasing the scope of police inspection and raising concerns about potential misuse.
A Move to Add Fingerprints to Chinese ID Cards
A policeman checks a visitor's ID card at Tiananmen in Beijing on March 1, 2009. Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images
Luo Ya
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A policeman checks a visitor's ID card at Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on March 1, 2009. (Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images)
Luo Ya
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Luo Ya is a freelance contributor to The Epoch Times.
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