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Article: Controversy over ID cards for children
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- June 1, 2004
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HEFEI: Chinese infants are now entitled to identity (ID) cards
that they previously could not get until turning 18.
It has left some parents arguing that the expanded use of the
cards at younger ages could lead to rising risks.
In East China's Anhui Province, more than 300 children under 16
years of age - and the youngest of whom was only 14 months old - have
applied for ID cards since February.
According to the Chinese law on ID cards which took effect at the
beginning of the year, citizens under 16 are now able to hold ID
cards if they desire.
Professor Wang Banghu, dean of the department of social sciences
at Anhui University, says the use of ID cards marks the efficiency of
China's ...