A group of nurses walks along a corridor at a hospital in Beijing. Photo: AFP A group of nurses walks along a corridor at a hospital in Beijing. Photo: AFP
A group of nurses walks along a corridor at a hospital in Beijing. Photo: AFP
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Beijing turns to facial recognition to deter scalpers who sell hospital appointments

  • To help cure the woes of China’s medical system, Beijing has turned to facial recognition technology as part of its latest effort to snare unscrupulous scalpers

Topic |   Facial recognition
Meng Jing
Meng Jing

Updated: 11:27am, 27 Feb, 2019

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A group of nurses walks along a corridor at a hospital in Beijing. Photo: AFP A group of nurses walks along a corridor at a hospital in Beijing. Photo: AFP
A group of nurses walks along a corridor at a hospital in Beijing. Photo: AFP
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