China - never a dull moment!

[Isochronous]

Facebook and Google back to China - maybe!

About time!

 

[TheEmu]

Facebook and Google back to China - maybe!

...or maybe not! (not anytime soon)

 

[penegal]

Mental note: Unlike last time don't leave your phone on back seat of the ****ing taxi when you get dropped off at PVG today!!!

Oops, did you get it back? Or gone to heaven?

 

[Cruiser Elite]

So Didi acquires Uber China and their first action is to block usage by Foreigners.

 

[Foreigner]

Que?

;-)

,,,

 

[hummel]

So Didi acquires Uber China and their first action is to block usage by Foreigners.

Oh well that's just wonderful!

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Oops, did you get it back? Or gone to heaven?

Nope she is a gonna mate - losing a phone I can live with but losing my 3D Marilyn phone cover has me totally heart broken. I searched PEK from one end to tother last visit but alas could not find a suitable replacement for my beloved Mazza cover - I found identical cover that fits iPhone 5 but nothing for 6+.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

If you have never been to China I guess many would just wonder how bad the smog in Beijing really can get? Well now you can check it out from afar - SMOG in a Can!

 

[dajop]

So Didi acquires Uber China and their first action is to block usage by Foreigners.

Surprise, surprise

 

[Cruiser Elite]

According to my Chinas in China original Uber App already lost ability for payment via foreign CCs and original App will be killed off completely next week. You can download new Chinese Uber App but it is only in Chinese as is DiDi the parent co. and payments can only be made via Ali Pay or WeChat so no foreign CCs at all - oh so typically Chinese

 

[Isochronous]

So foreigners no longer can use ride-sharing services in China then. That's just dumb. What are we meant to do?

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Plenty taxis and they are plenty cheap - have you used Uzber in China before?

 

[dajop]

Either not enough revenue from foreigners to support maintaining foreign cards and English language customer support (likely) - or there's a plan to differentiate the pricing between local and foreigner customers - that might charge a multiple (4x?) of local price through a foreigner app (less likely?)

 

[Cruiser Elite]

DiDi who are swallowing Uber have never had an English interface or acceptance of foreign CCs within their App - they now own Uber China and they clearly have no interest in the infinitecimally small foreign component - that's life.

 

[TheEmu]

According to my Chinas in China original Uber App already lost ability for payment via foreign CCs and original App will be killed off completely next week. You can download new Chinese Uber App but it is only in Chinese as is DiDi the parent co. and payments can only be made via Ali Pay or WeChat so no foreign CCs at all - oh so typically Chinese

Very typical, and some of the big players are getting jack of it:
Foreign investment in China is ‘not a level playing field, but a one-way street’ | South China Morning Post

 

[seanpodge]

So foreigners no longer can use ride-sharing services in China then. That's just dumb. What are we meant to do?

Foreigners can still use ride sharing services, they just need to be able to read Chinese and have Alipay/WeChat wallet set up. No different to how many other services in Anglophone countries need users to be literate in English and use a credit card. I'm a foreigner in China and can ride share just fine.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Further update re Uber in China.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

11/11/11 = Singles Day in China - the day to SHOP UP BIG TIME:

Check the sales:



And:



Some seriously good deals available on Ali Express with free shipping to Oz.

 

[mushez]

Might see the sales growth decline this year I think.

11/11/11 = Singles Day in China - the day to SHOP UP BIG TIME:

Check the sales:

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And:

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Some seriously good deals available on Ali Express with free shipping to Oz.

 

[hummel]

Both our two main girls in China got married/pregnant this year so they won't be taking part!