Given the abject failures of most U.S. tech companies in China, Uber’s deal with Didi doesn’t look bad to some observers. For the foreign companies that do make it in, they are often pitted against local companies as the non-Chinese option — no small detail against a backdrop of heightening nationalism. And that was for Apple, considered the most successful foreign tech brand in China. And for an American Internet company, that’s as good as a win.”Twitter: @dhpiersonTimes staff writer Tracey Lien contributed to this report. Just last month, Chinese Internet users were posting pictures of their smashed iPhones to protest Washington’s objections to Beijing’s territorial claims in the South China Sea.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 01, 2016 22:56 UTC