http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-10/15/content_272271.htm
But I believe a "Wireless Citizen Card" is much more interesting long-term because if you are "identified" you can "be" all the other things you need to be like paying using 3D Secure which do not require a local credit card (as it resides on secure servers). So far it looks like the EU will lose the initiative as we have no dominant software vendors and other important parties seem unable to go outside of their own core business. I say it one more time: The smart ID card is dead and gone. It is beyond repair. It is like X.500 versus the Web. Or OSI versus TCP/IP. Or BetaMax versus VHS. I saw it happen in "slow-motion"... regards Anders Rundgren
