The Associated Press reports: "Chinese authorities are trying to register an estimated 13 million people who are without documents, most of whom were babies born in violation of the country's strict family-size rules...A national law says all newborns must be registered, but many Chinese regions require local officials to withhold registration documents for children born in violation of one-child rules until their parents pay fines to family planning officials."
Quartz reports: "China's government shut down mobile phone service in the far west territory of Xinjiang for residents using common tools to evade internet censorship after the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, The New York Times reported today (Nov. 24). Beijing has publicly pledged to wipe out homegrown terrorists in Xinjiang, who are often conflated with separatists from the Muslim Uyghur ethnic groups in the region, since the Paris attacks. State media reported last week that 28 terrorists 'under the command of a foreign extremist group' were killed in a 56-day police raid in Xinjiang. The army is reportedly using flamethrowers to rout out suspects from caves."
The Wall Street Journal reports: "Apple Inc. seeks by early February to launch its new Apple Pay electronic-payment service in China—a vibrant but fiercely competitive market for digital money—according to people familiar with its discussions...Apple could gin up interest from potential partners. Last year Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma told The Wall Street Journal's WSJD Live technology conference he was interested in joining with Apple on financial payments, provided it was a 'marriage' that both sides want."