Two Chinese long-distance bus drivers who drove to pick up farm workers from 950 miles away have been stuck on Chinese highways since Oct. 4.
Xiao Ning (pseudonym), one of the bus drivers, said that he and his fellow driver are from Yinchuan city, Ningxia region. They were hired to pick up some farm workers in Hami city, Xinjiang region, and bring them home to Ningxia.
The farm workers had helped them file their driver’s licenses and roadworthiness certificates with the local authorities of Hami and then told them that their entry to Xinjiang was approved.
They hit the road on Oct. 1 for Xinjiang, after the farm workers paid them for the trip….