CHINA: Search for more names

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Updated June 13, 2007 19:39:06

What's in a name? Well, quite a lot of confusion if you're the Chinese police. In a country of around 1.3 billion people, about 85 per cent of them share just 100 surnames and that is creating a headache for authorities who are backing moves to increase the number of names available.

Presenter: Bill Bainbridge
Speakers: Dr Jon Eugene von Kowallis, Head of the Chinese Studies Program at the University of New South Wales

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