im not completely sure about this - but it seems that the people who run Didi and Uber in China are cousins (http://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-ubers-fight-with

im not completely sure about this - but it seems that the people who run Didi and Uber in China are cousins (http://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-ubers-fight-with-its-chinese-nemesis-didi-kuaidi-1441234010 http://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-ubers-fight-with-its-chin...) - and are both linked to the powerful Lenovo family. China is a huge, closed economy .. where doing business in the country means buying into powerful business families. Money stays within the family!