2016: acquisition of Uber China [ ] By the beginning of 2016, Uber China, which started its Chinese operations in 2015, had become a major competitor to Didi Kuaidi.
DiDi lost 20% of its order volume after the removal of its app from Chinese app stores, seeing a major drop in daily trips booked from 25 million as announced in its IPO prospectus, to just 20 million as of January 2022.
The Wall Street Journal.