Didi: China ride-hailing giant halts plan to launch in UK Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi has halted plans to launch in the UK and continental Europe, a source close to the company has told the BBC. The Uber rival had been planning to roll out services in Western Europe, including major British cities. Didi is in consultation with the team working on the project on reassigning new roles or potential redundancies. The move comes as Chinese firms face intense scrutiny by Western nations and Beijing cracks down on data privacy. Didi did not comment directly on the story that was first...