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The other shoe has finally dropped… and boy is it a heavy one.
Yesterday, the CAC announced a RMB 8 billion fine against Didi Global, more than one year after launching a cybersecurity probe into the company.

Didi founder, Chairman, and CEO Cheng Wei, and President Jean Liu were also each personall...



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