Opinion | Ride hailing began in China 2,200 years ago. Isn’t it time Hong Kong’s taxi cartel accepted some competition and raised its game?

Opinion | Ride hailing began in China 2,200 years ago. Isn’t it time Hong Kong’s taxi cartel accepted some competition and raised its game?

I laughed out loud when I learned that taxi drivers in Hong Kong had planned a strike in November to protest against ride-hailing services, which they claimed were costing them millions of dollars a day in lost revenue. That’s right. DiDi, Gojek, Grab, Lyft, Uber, and so on, which are ubiquitous in many cities in … Read more