China pledged on August 27 to tighten oversight of its transport industry and warned that the country did not need ride-hailing firms which compromised on passenger safety, on Augst 25 a Didi Chuxing passenger was raped and murdered by her driver.
The killing of a 20-year-old passenger who rode in the Didi vehicle on August 24 in the eastern city of Wenzhou is the second such incident since May, denting the image of the Beijing-based company, which is the world’s largest ride-hailing firm by a number of rides and is expanding globally.
