An English version of China's biggest taxi app is coming, but there's a small problem

China's top (and pretty much monopolist) taxi app, Didi Chuxing, is quietly trialing an English version.

The app, which doesn't even have an English listing in the App Store yet, started showing English translations to some users, according to Shanghai resident, Mathieu Bouchara.

Bouchara said that not only was his app's interface in English, Chinese addresses were also getting automatically translated.

However, this might be more trouble than it's worth for English-speaking users, he noted in an email. Read more...