Ondrej Holzman U-Apple umemezele ukutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu e-China, lapho ekhethe khona i-Didi Chuxing njengenhloso yayo, esebenza njengenye indlela yezinsizakalo zamatekisi ezijwayelekile. Ngezizathu zamasu, umdondoshiya waseCalifornia uhlose ukutshala amadola ayizigidi eziyinkulungwane (23,7 billion) esiqhudelaneni saseShayina i-Uber.
"Lokhu sikutshala ngenxa yezizathu eziningi zamasu, okuhlanganisa nokufuna ukufunda kabanzi ngezingxenye ezithile zemakethe yaseShayina," esho. Reuters Isikhulu se-Apple uTim Cook. "Yebo, sikholelwa ukuthi imali etshaliwe izobuyela kithi kancane kancane."
Ngokombono ka-Apple, lesi isinyathelo esibaluleke kakhulu, ngoba e-China ezinyangeni zamuva nje inkampani ibilokhu inenkinga yokwehla kokuthengisa futhi, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ezinye zezinsizakalo zayo zivaliwe nguhulumeni wasekhaya. Kodwa-ke, ngokutshalwa kwezigidigidi zamadola ku-Didi Chuxing, i-Apple ingaba umdlali obalulekile e-China hhayi emakethe yokugibela.
“I-Didi ifanekisela ukuqanjwa okusha okwenzeka e-China ngaphakathi komphakathi wokuthuthukiswa kwe-iOS. Sihlabeke umxhwele ngabakudalile kanye nobuholi babo obuhle futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukubaseka ekukhuleni kwabo,” kwengeza uCook.
Kodwa futhi umcimbi omkhulu kaDidi Chuxing, owasungulwa eminyakeni emine kuphela edlule. Inani lenkampani lilinganiselwa ezigidini eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-25 zamaRandi, kanti ukutshalwa kwezimali okuvela kwa-Apple kukhulu kunawo wonke emlandweni esake sawuthola, njengoba kwembulwe umqondisi omkhulu u-Cheng Wei. Ngokusho kwakhe, lokhu "kuyinkuthazo enkulu nogqozi" enkampanini.
Isibonelo, i-Alibaba iphinde yatshala imali ku-Didi Chuxing, enabasebenzisi abacishe babe yizigidi ezingama-300 emadolobheni angama-400 aseChina. Emakethe yaseShayina, i-Didi Chuxing, phambilini eyayaziwa ngokuthi u-Didi Kuaidi, ngokusobala iyinkampani ezimele enkulu kunazo zonke ezithwala abagibeli, ephethe ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-87 emakethe. Ilamula ukugibela okungaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-11 ngosuku.
Imbangi egqame kakhulu yi-American Uber, ngokusho kwayo Reuters imali ngaphezu kwesigidigidi samadola ngonyaka ukuze singene emakethe yaseShayina.
Umbuzo uwukuthi i-Apple ihlose ukutshala izimali zayo ezinkulu enkonzweni efanayo efana ne-Didi Chuxing, okungukuthi, ngaphandle kweqiniso lokuthi u-Tim Cook uyaqhubeka nokukholelwa ekukhuleni kwesikhathi eside komnotho waseShayina. Ngokuqondakalayo, uma kubhekwa uDidi Chuxing, kuphinde kukhulunywe ngephrojekthi yezimoto i-Apple esebenza ngasese, kodwa uCook uthe okwamanje inkampani yakhe igxile kakhulu ohlelweni lweCarPlay.
"Yilokho esikwenzayo embonini yezimoto namuhla, futhi sizobona ukuthi ikusasa lisiphatheleni," kusho umphathi ka-Apple. Ngokusho kochwepheshe, ukutshalwa kwezimali ku-Didi Chuxing kubonisa ukuthi i-Apple ayicabangi nje ngezimoto ngokwayo, kodwa futhi ngamamodeli ebhizinisi ahlobene nezokuthutha.
