Chinese Ride-Sharing Giant Didi Chuxing Picks Its First English-Speaking Nation: To Enter Australia on June 25 (cnet.com)

Posted by msmash on Thursday June 14, 2018 @01:34PM from the aggressive-expansion dept.

From a report: Ever since outperforming Uber in its home base of China, speculation has mounted that ride-hailer Didi Chuxing would eventually branch out to the rest of the world. Didi's first launch in an English-speaking country comes on June 25, it was announced Thursday, when it'll start operations in Melbourne, Australia. The company has already begun recruiting local drivers. While you might not have heard of it, Didi is China's most popular ride-hailing service, and in 2016 absorbed Uber China in a deal worth around $35 billion.

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Re:Can we not call them ride sharing? by ShanghaiBill · 2018-06-14 14:40 · Score: 4, Interesting

They're a taxi service skirting labor laws.
Didi is not Uber. In China, if you want a taxi, you can use Didi to hail it. Traditional taxis and "ride sharing" are integrated into a single service.
pick the hardest... by johnjones · 2018-06-14 14:53 · Score: 3, Interesting

Didi Chuxing are going to have a hard time expanding beyond tourists....
WARNING for tourists hey if your washing your money in a Melbourne Casino why not let the Chinese state track how much time you spent at the tables...
have fun
John