| Submit your comments on this article |
| China-Japan-Koreas |
| 'China Will Soon Collect and Store Foreigners' Fingerprints upon entry |
| 2017-02-10 |
| [South China Morning Star] Regulation, to be gradually rolled out at entry points nationwide, will affect all foreigners aged 14 to 70. All foreigners will soon have to give their fingerprints upon entering China, with the new rule taking effect at Shenzhen’s airport on Friday. The move, aimed at improving border checks, would see China collecting the fingerprints of all foreigners aged between 14 and 70 entering the country, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement on its website on Thursday. The new regulation will start on Friday at Shenzhen Baoan International Airport, among other locations, before being gradually rolled out at all checkpoints across the country. The information would then be stored for official use, the statement said. It did not elaborate on whether the information would shared across ministries and other government agencies. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Glad to give them mine...starting with the second finger right hand! |
| Posted by: Kojo the Prolific7668 2017-02-10 23:02 |
| #6 A fingerprint database could be pretty handy if you wanted to get past biometric locks on phones or tablets. From now on, if you travel to China, you're better off using an alphanumeric password. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2017-02-10 18:06 |
| #5 I will enjoy images of them doing fingerprints of women in burkas. That was a cause for rioting when US troops attempted it in war zones as it's "dissing a Muslim woman to touch an infidel". Applicants for US visas are fingerprinted, so this isn't some kind of novel requirement. That China is doing it is a little absurd and perhaps sinister, given that it's not as if visa overstays are a big problem there. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2017-02-10 18:04 |
| #4 A fingerprint database could be pretty handy if you wanted to get past biometric locks on phones or tablets. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-02-10 17:23 |
| #3 All foreigners will soon have to give their fingerprints upon entering China But only from the nail down to the first joint. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-02-10 16:21 |
| #2 I will enjoy images of them doing fingerprints of women in burkas. That was a cause for rioting when US troops attempted it in war zones as it's "dissing a Muslim woman to touch an infidel". |
| Posted by: 3dc 2017-02-10 14:32 |
| #1 Well that's un-American! And they beat Trump to it! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2017-02-10 13:58 |