A China Mobile advertising board on the side of a building in Hong Kong on March 14, 2010. Daniel Sorabji/AFP via Getty Images
A new restriction on Hong Kong prepaid mobile SIM cards is tightening access to a channel some Chinese users have long used to reach overseas internet services, highlighting the expanding scope of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) censorship regime.
According to a notice on China Mobile Hong Kong’s website, effective June 17, all prepaid SIM cards can no longer be activated in mainland China.
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