A Chinese truck driver was fined $305 when the truck’s China-made Beidou navigation system (BDS) receiver failed on April 5. He then committed suicide at a checkpoint and left a note revealing a sad phenomenon in China. His brother, also a truck driver, talked to Chinese media on April 6 about how a driver can’t fix the BDS receiver. Nonetheless, the Chinese regime fines truck drivers for all possible reasons, making a driver’s life tough and harsh. However, the related reports were removed from the internet on April 8 and Chinese state-owned Xinhua published a standard report. The report, republished by most Chinese media, implied the BDS receiver did not fail. “No matter how precise navigation that the system provides, it’s hard to control people’s greed to pursue profits,” Xinhua reported. However, BDS receivers don’t help drivers to navigate, as they typically use GPS. A Driver’s Death Jin Deqiang, 51, …
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