Blog Tag - taxi

Mandarin Month: How To Make Friends with your Taxi Driver
In the lead up to our Mandarin Month mixer on June 24 June 25, where you'll be able to meet with Beijing's best Mandarin schools, we'll be dishing...
Didi Goes Bilingual: App Now Offers Ride-Hailing in English
Didi Chuxing, China’s transportation giant that offers on-demand ride-hailing from its one-stop app, recently rolled out bilingual functions, a major...
New Pricing Policy May Not Make It Easier For You To Get A Didi
Chinese New Year is fast approaching, meaning a lot of Didi drivers are heading home. On top of that, new policies require drivers to hold a Beijing...
Authorities Begin Enforcement of New Restrictions on Ride Hailing Services as Fares Rise for Consumers
Where have all the good things gone? The rapid growth of ride-sharing services such Didi Chuxing, and Uber China offered hope to Beijingers beholden...
Local Journo Documents Extensive Fake Taxis Preying on Arrivals to Beijing's Terminal 2
Beijing's airport is rife with fake taxis that pay a gang boss RMB 1,200 a month to jump the normal queue and are equipped with sophisticated meters...
Uber to Automatically Block Your Account This Saturday, Nov 26
This is a repost of a guest blog we originally ran on November 12 courtesy of Shanghai-based blogger, radio host and Fudan University teacher Ryan...
What Uber's App Changes in China Mean for You
This guest post comes to us courtesy of Shanghai-based blogger, radio host and Fudan University teacher Ryan King, who has comprehensively documented...
Slow-Mo Car Crash: A Beijing Tale
A few weeks ago my family and I were involved in a car crash. I don’t mean to cause any alarm – we walked away completely unhurt and no more than a...
Ride Hailing Apps Like Uber and Didi Dache to Become Legal Nov 1
Ride hailing apps like Uber and Didi Chuxing will soon be legal in China, according to a document made public on Thursday. The notice, addressed to...
Unappreciated Shīfu: Giving Beijing’s Dogged Drivers Their Due
Sure, it’s easy to quibble about Beijing drivers – from the grizzled taxi hacks that refuse to pick you up to the aspiring Uber chauffeurs that...
No Wonder that Ride was so Cheap: Uber Losing USD 1 Billion per Year in China
Enjoy those Uber discounts – they're costing the company USD 1 billion per year, according to Uber co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick. Uber enjoys a...
Beijing Launches Taxi App to Compete with Didi and Uber
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em? After trying unsuccessfully for more than a year to shut down or otherwise reduce the use of car-booking apps Didi...
Taxi Apps Join Together in Merger
China’s two biggest competing mobile taxi-hailing apps, Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache, announced their merger via Sina Weibo on Saturday. Upon...
Beijing to Drop Taxi Fuel Surcharge Starting Next Week
Here's something we didn't expect: even as subway fares rise, taxis are about to get less expensive. One yuan per fare, to be exact. With fuel fares...
Surviving New Year's in Beijing (unfinished)
By now the mad exodus out of Beijing is in full swing, and you might feel like you’re left sitting here with a jigsaw box full of different friend...