Senators Urge Prohibiting Military Personnel Use of CCP-Linked Ride-Hailing Platform Didi

Senators Urge Prohibiting Military Personnel Use of CCP-Linked Ride-Hailing Platform Didi
The app logo of Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi is seen reflected on its navigation map displayed on a mobile phone in this illustration picture taken on July 1, 2021. Florence Lo/Illustration/Reuters
Isabel van Brugen
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A pair of Republican lawmakers wrote a letter to the Departments of State and Defense warning of the risk posed by the Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing over its links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) urged prohibiting military personnel and diplomats from using digital transportation platforms such as Didi Chuxing over security concerns.

Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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