The watches send parents their children
China has given nearly 17,000 children free smart watches in the latest example of its expanding use of BeiDou, its answer to GPS.
Primary school pupils in the southern province of Guangzhou’s 60 primary schools received watches with built-in chips powered by China’s self-developed satellite navigation system, which sends their real-time location – and alerts in emergencies – to their parents’ mobile phones, Guangzhou Daily reported on July 15.
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