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the smart cards like a personal driver's license. When
#   being stopped for a traffic 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, Chi