Blog Tag - Taxi drivers

‘Sorry, I Don’t Understand’: A Cheeky Guide To Chatting With a Beijing Taxi Driver
Picture this: The car pulls up as waimai drivers do their best to impede you from opening the door, but you succeed anyway. You choose the back seat...
Mandarin Month: How To Make Friends with your Taxi Driver
In the lead up to our Mandarin Month mixer on June 24 June 25, where you'll be able to meet with Beijing's best Mandarin schools, we'll be dishing...
Beijing Launches Taxi App to Compete with Didi and Uber
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em? After trying unsuccessfully for more than a year to shut down or otherwise reduce the use of car-booking apps Didi...
Taxi Drivers from Heilongjiang Attempt Suicide in Wangfujing: Reports
A group of people attempted suicide in Wangfujing Saturday after drinking pesticide, Chinese-language news outlets and social media reported. The...
Fatal Crash Highlights Dark Side of Taxi Business
Three people were killed Sunday morning at 6am when a Beijing taxi veered off the Third Ring Road and struck a tree, China Daily reported. The...
Peking Man: Chain Smoking Cab Driver Complains About Pollution
BEIJING - Local cab driver Han Yansong complained to his fares Saturday about Beijing’s worsening pollution as he chain smoked a pack of Zhongnanhai...
Carry More Cash: Taxi Fare Increases Tomorrow
Don't forget to carry a little extra yuan in your pocket when you're out and about this holiday because taxi fares will rise from RMB 10 to RMB 13...
It's Official: Beijing Taxi Fares to Rise
After speculation for months and hearings for, well, hours, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform announced Friday that taxi...
Taxi Reforms: Are People Forum or Against Them?
On the same day that Beijing taxi-booking app users shuddered when Shenzhen banned them, the municipal government began public consultation on how...
Many Beijingers have found a temporary solution to the problem of finding taxis via the Didi Dache or Yaoyao Zhaoche apps available for various...
Welcome To Share The Beijing Taxi?
Would you share a taxi with a stranger? You might need to soon, because cab-sharing seems to be the closest Beijing transport authorities can get to...