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World's Biggest ID Database Complete

In a modest 200-square meters enclosure, the National Citizen Identity Information Center (NCIIC) in Beijing hosts the world's biggest ID database, with over 1.3 billion entries. ...full story at china.org.cn

from china.org.cn on Wed, Apr 11 2007

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