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China ride-hailing showdown set to end as Uber and Didi Chuxing reportedly consider merger

on Aug 1, 2016 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

A monumental deal could come to fruition reshaping China’s ride-hailing market with the proposed merger of its two top competing services Uber, and Didi Chuxing.

The US company’s China operation is reportedly set to seal a $35bn merger with market leader Didi Chuxing.

Quoting “a source familiar with the matter,” Reuters has reported that the valuation comes from Didi’s $28bn and Uber China’s supposed $7bn. Uber China will have a 20 per cent stake in the new company claimed the source in return for Didi investing a further $1bn in Uber US to boost it globally.

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Source: The Drum