China has revealed plans to bring in digital ID cards, a move the authorities say will protect user data, but free speech activists said the Chinese Communist Party’s monitoring of online activity ...

It’s “not worth it” for Taiwanese citizens to get Chinese ID cards for money, Lai Ching-te said in his first New Year’s Day speech as president of Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China.

Mainland Affairs Council Deputy Minister Shen Yu-chung (沈有忠) yesterday said that the government was not surprised by a YouTuber’s recent claim that some Taiwanese working in China have obtained ...

Taipei is cracking down on Taiwanese people illegally procuring Chinese identity cards, apparently in a bid to contain Beijing’s expanding influence. The Mainland Affairs Council said it is taking ...

IT WAS IN 1984, of course, that police stations in China started issuing national ID cards to those over the age of 16. Citizens still need them to travel, pay taxes or gain access to public services.

Hong Kong residents will need to replace their ID cards over the next two years, authorities say, which could force those living in the United Kingdom or elsewhere to choose between going back and ...