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Beijing newsstands will resume selling SIM cards after a hiatus

Selling of prepaid mobile SIM cards at Beijing’s newsstands will be resumed after a hiatus due to the implementation of real-name policy on September 1st.

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Say goodbye to anonymity on the Internet. Again.

The Ministry of Culture wants to regulate the Internet, which has become an important part of society.

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Real name system for Beijing Internet cafés

A report saying that Beijing’s Net cafés will all have real name registration systems by the end of the year.

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Finding big brother in China’s Facebook

In this special edition Danwei FM podcast, your correspondent interviews the ‘brand ambassadors’ of Zhanzuo.com, ‘China’s Facebook’. The topic is the real name system (实名制).

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The paradox of registering bloggers’ real names
by Wang Xiaofeng

Wang Xiaofeng on a proposed blogger ID verification system: I don’t believe that you can eliminate the sentence ‘fuck your mother’ for even half a year unless China devotes huge, huge resources to controlling such people.

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by Wang Xiaofeng