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China imposes fingerprint checks for overseas visitors
China is beefing up security at its borders with fingerprint checks of all foreign arrivals.
The Ministry of Public Security said fingerprinting began at Shenzhen airport and then will gradual roll out at other airports nationwide, according to a statement.
All adult foreign passport holders up to the age of 70 years will have fingerprints scanned but travellers holding a diplomatic passport or from countries that have reciprocal agreements will be exempt.
"Storing biological identification information of people entering and leaving borders is an important border control measure, and many countries have started to implement the regulation," it said.
There were 76 million movements in and out of China last year by foreign travellers.
The biggest sources markets were South Korea, Japan, the US and Russia.
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