I read the article because I was quite sure China already had internet identifiers. This article is just about China wanting to make the government the sole proprieter of internet identities. Propaganda line or not that does make the privacy line make sense as less organizations are tracking your identifiers, and it's not as if the CPC wouldn't have the access to information the non government companies have. My sense is you're not really hiding from them simply by using private companies whenever you can. It's a tighter grip for sure, but it's not going to change much on its own.