因陷入激烈的价格战，提供打车服务的app优步在中国一年亏损超过10亿美元。根据加拿大初创和技术新闻网站Betakit的报道，优步的首席执行官特拉维斯·卡兰尼克在温哥华处理私人问题时承认了这一事实。
App-based car-hire service Uber is losing more than $1bn a year in China, as it struggles against what it called a "fierce competitor". Uber CEO Travis Kalanick made the admission while speaking at a private event in Vancouver, according to Canadian tech news site Betakit.
优步打车软件于2014年在中国上市，和中国最大打车软件滴滴快的形成了激烈竞争。
US-based Uber launched in China in 2014 and competes against the country's largest taxi app Didi Kuaidi.
优步打车软件覆盖了中国40多个城市。去年，优步打车软件发表声明称其将会在未来一年内覆盖范围扩展到中国100个城市。
Uber is available in more than 40 cities in China. It announced last year that it would expand into 100 Chinese cities over the next 12 months.
卡兰尼克表示，中国是优步最大的国际市场。但是因为滴滴快的这个强劲的对手的存在，致使优步市场份额有所减少。“每个不盈利的城市，我们都有强劲的竞争对手，但是他们仍然在买进市场份额。”
He described China as the firm's largest international marketplace. But Uber's market share is dwarfed by that of the larger Didi Kuaidi. "We have a fierce competitor that's unprofitable in every city they exist in, but they're buying up market share."
根据Betakit网介绍，Kalanick最近表示，他已经融资2亿美元，帮助公司在新兴市场中赢得一席之地。
Mr Kalanick said he had recently raised about $200m to help the firm compete in emerging markets, Betakit said.
他补充说道：“我希望世界不是那样的。我希望一起赢得资金而不是募集资金。但是如果我不参与到募集资金中，那我将会被他人挤出市场。”
"I wish the world wasn't that way. I prefer building rather than fundraising. But if I don't participate in the fundraising bonanza, I'll get squeezed out by others buying market share," he added.