Just two days after its New York debut, the CAC announced an investigation into China's dominant ride-hailing company and subsequently ordered the removal of its apps for download in China. Didi and its government-relations (GR) team came under heavy scrutiny after two cases of rape and murder in 2018 involving the company's drivers. "Since 2018, the GR team has become a super powerful team at Didi," said another person. "Whenever the GR team has conflicts with other teams from the business side, it's usually the other teams that end up making concessions." "What makes Didi more important than any other internet company is because Didi owns real-time data of each individual user's geographical position.

Source: Mint July 20, 2021 09:45 UTC