It is obligatory for all cars to be equipped with GPS system in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China

ByMiran Rijavec

In the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China, against the background of conflict between Uyghur and Han ChineseViolent incidents occur frequentlyAnd over 400 people have died in the years. As a deterrent measure against this movement, the Chinese authorities gathered hundreds of Chinese security forcesMilitary paradeImmediately after this military parade, the Chinese authorities announced a program that obliges the installation of a GPS system that can trace whereabouts by satellite to all cars in China and Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.

Prefecture in China's Xinjiang to track cars by satellite | The Seattle Times
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/prefecture-in-chinas-xinjiang-to-track-cars-by-satellite/


China orders hundreds of thousands of private cars to have GPS trackers installed for monitoring | World news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/21/china-orders-gps-tracking-of-every-car-in-troubled-region

Bingoline · Mongolian Autonomous RegionPolice authorities said that they established a car tracking program as measures against Uyghur separatists and Muslim extremists. This program is a satellite system developed by China "Hokuto(Beidou) "and making it possible to trace all cars in the area using RFID embedded in the number plate.

Mongolian autonomous state aims to install GPS system in 20,000 cars, and between February 20 and June 30, all the vehicles including all private, government and construction vehicles in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region We are calling for a GPS system to be installed. It is reported that automobiles that do not have a GPS system in the same area will not be able to refuel at gas stations. However, the police authorities have not responded to questions about the automobile tracking program, so we do not know the details.

BySam Churchill

Bilingual State officials said on the website "The threat from international terrorists is getting worse in recent years, and cars are an important means of transporting terrorist weapons, so all the cars in the area We need to monitor and track it. "Although it issued a statement, alreadyCorresponding pageHas been deleted.

In Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 5 people died, 38 people were injured seriously in 2013Tiananmen Square car rush incident, Three people died, 79 people injured in 2014Urumqi station explosion incidentThere are terrorist attacks by Islamic extremists and armed groups of Uighur separatists one after the other. The automobile tracking program is announced as an action to "secure the safety of society", but some activists have said that "Chinese authorities' repression and political discrimination are spurring these confusion" It has also been pointed out.

ByMike Locke