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China’s Didi vows changes after passenger killings

Bloomberg China’s ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing issued a public letter of apology and said it would prioritise safety over growth after a second passenger in three months was allegedly murdered by a driver while using its services. “Today, Didi will stop using scale and growth as our measurement of success,” the company said in a statement from Chairman Cheng Wei ...

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Fingerprints, eye scans coming for 106 million Filipinos

Bloomberg Mayalyn Magracia is one of millions of undocumented Filipinos. “Like an alien,” is how the housekeeper in Manila describes what she felt when she discovered she had no birth record. That was over a decade ago, when Magracia hoped to find work in a factory or restaurant. Having no birth certificate made it impossible to apply for a government-issued ...

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US-Mexico pact could turn tables on China

When President Donald Trump announced a trade pact with Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, attention immediately turned to Canada. But it’s in China — which wasn’t mentioned — that the greatest impact could be felt. In abandoning Nafta, the US appears to be moving towards a single trade bloc that might also embrace Canada. The Mexico ...

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