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Food Fight: China’s Food Delivery Platforms Go Toe to Toe

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In a scramble to capture and retain both customers and delivery riders, the country’s three biggest delivery platforms have gone into “war mode”

Bleary-eyed and already thinking of breakfast, netizens recently exclaimed that they had “Woken up to a battlefield (一觉醒来变天了 yí jiào xǐnglái biàntiān le).” After a long era of peace, smoke now rose across the country, and a “war” mostly affecting the cities had broken out.

Involving three powerful players, the conflict was soon likened to a modern-day “Three Kingdoms Rivalry (三国鼎立 sānguó dǐnglì),” drawing comparisons to the power struggle that once embroiled this land in the 3rd century.

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