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the operator and developer of KuaiDi Dache, a leading mobile taxibooking app provider in China, SoftBank Internet and Media, Inc. Launched in 2012, KuaiDi Dache has grown to become one of the leading and most widely used mobile taxibooking app providers in China. Travice Inc.,
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