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violation, the driver would have to forward
# the smart card to the traffic cop who would use a card reader/writer to
# access information stored in the card, issue an electronic ticket right on
# the spot with the fines and other information embedded into the smart card
# chip itself. When the driver goes to the bank to pay his/her fines, the
# penalty will be deducted from the memory chip.

Our Military contractors are making money issuing China citizens a National
ID Card??? Our we thinking of what the Communists will do with it???

* "China Tells Internet Users To Register With Police"
* The New York Times, 2/15/1996
*
* China ordered all users of the Internet to register with the police, as
* part of an effort to tighten control over information.
*
* The order came from the Ministry of Public Security.
*
* Network users have been warned not to harm national security, or to
* disseminate pornography.

Well, there's a new way to control Internet users: require them to identify
themselves, no doubt your U.S.-created National ID Card will be required for
access. That ought to stop pornography: identify each and every user.

# "The Great Firewall of China", by Geremie R. Barme & Sang Ye, Wired, 6/97
#
# Xia Hong, China InfoHighway's PR man: "The Internet has been an important
# technical innovator, but we need to add another element, and that is
# control. The new generation of information superhighway needs a traffic
# control center. It needs highway patrols; USERS WILL REQUIRE DRIVER'S
# LICENSES. THESE ARE THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ANY CONTROLLED EN


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