What counts are the registration papers.
Most recently, the couple said, officials refused even to provide registration papers.
These are given fake registration papers and, like so many hijacked vessels, become "phantom" ships.
Ms. Gu's official Chinese identification on the registration papers for her law firm is Gu Kailai.
Thieves would steal a car and sell it with fake registration papers to an unsuspecting buyer, she said.
Traffic officials estimate their number at 5,000, but that accounts for only those who bother with registration papers.
Since the party began its push to promote family farms last year, many such farms have gained official registration papers.
Security cameras showed he had failed to hand in one of his registration papers, despite claiming to have done so.
When the police pull over a driver for a traffic infraction, a pack of cigarettes, not registration papers, is often the first thing pulled from the glove compartment.
Some fans, she says, bring their own family members' registration papers, explaining that until they read the book, they, too, were mystified by the documents.
Greener doesn't know how the animals got there, but their registration papers were in order, os he bought them, together with a foal he named Clarksville.
