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Re:China’s scary lesson to the world: Censoring the Internet... by ajdlinux on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @05:00AM (#11759908)
Last time I was in China (late 2014) I had to provide a photocopy of my Australian passport to obtain a China Mobile SIM. Maybe it's changed since then, but I certainly can't imagine them being any more liberal than Australia, where you are required to submit a driver's licence number or a similar level of identity verification in order to activate a prepaid SIM.

That said, I can't imagine it being too hard to bribe someone to get a SIM not linked to an ID if you really wanted...

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Re:China’s scary lesson to the world: Censoring the Internet... by thaumasiotes on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @02:32PM (#11764269)
You can easily buy a mobile SIM on the street without showing ID. No bribing involved.
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