<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>Many in the media and tech industry see Uber’s decision to sell its Chinese business unit to rival Didi Chuxing as a failure for the U.S. ride-hailing giant. It’s easy to believe that the sale of Uber China<wm> is a defeat. That’s why I started to say one possible narrative. Instead, I had to go to the ground to tell the story. I found a team of in-house staff from the company, along with external partners and consultants. We started a small lab in our headquarters and got started on this ambitious new development. We started calling it “The Next Leap for One Uber.”
In the lab we were focused on building a robust testing environment. We are basically creating a simulated ride that mimics</wm> real city environments where the customers come and get used to using a customised, native Chinese application that