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China began requiring identification (身份證明) yesterday from anyone purchasing a new mobile phone number in what it says is a bid to stamp out (打擊) rampant junk messages but that some say gives the government a new tool for monitoring its citizens.
The rules apply to everyone,beach bridesmaid dresses, including foreigners visiting China for a short stay, the China Daily newspaper reported.
The paper said the regulation was "the latest campaign by the government to curb the global scourge of spam, pornographic (色情) messages and fraud on cellular phones."
Low-cost  sourcinggate mobile phone SIM cards are readily available in China,unlocked quad band cell, offered for sale at convenience stores, newspaper stands and at airport kiosks. Users could previously buy cards anonymously with cash and use them right away,shox r4, a system that has made it difficult to track down spammers.
The China Daily said that mobile users in China receive an average of 43 text messages a week,quad band phone, including 12 that are spam.
The ID requirement is raising new privacy concerns and will likely upset some customers unwilling to give personal information to vendors and telecom companies for fear it will be resold, said Duncan Clark,pen cameras, managing director of BDA China Ltd.,elegant dress, a technology market research firm.
Wang Songlian,wireless bluetooth mouse, research co-ordinator with the Hong Kong-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders,headsets, said the new requirement fits a pattern of tightening government control over new communication technologies.
China censors Internet content it deems politically sensitive and blocks many websites,supercard ds one, including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Following ethnic riots in far western China’s Xinjiang, international phone service and the Internet in the region were suspended for months.
The new regulation probably won’t impact Chinese dissidents,airphone 4, many of whom already have their phones closely monitored,cheap evening dress, but it could help police track down ordinary people who take part in spontaneous protests, Wang said. China has seen a growing number of protests sparked by labour disagreements,sizes bra, anger over pollution or other issues. AP