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CHINESE miners may soon carry a new piece of equipment to work - a card with a built-in chip. And it could save their lives in a mining disaster, as it will make them easy to be found if they are trapped underground. "The latest technology saves lives, allowing rescuers to pinpoint their location," said Zhang Qi, a senior official at the Ministry of Information Industry. The system is in trial in Shanxi, Liaoning and Guizhou provinces and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Zhang added. The technology is called radio frequency identification, or RFID. The radio technology is used in tracking dangerous chemicals, and in the sectors of food safety, retail, health and logistics in China. Meanwhile, the system is expected to be adopted for tickets to the Beijing Olympics and Shanghai's World Expo in 2010. RFID is now used more widely, and the government has financed the technology's development with...

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