Monopolies over taxi operations should end

STRIKES BY TAXI DRIVERS, which started in Shenyang, Liaoning province, last week, have spread to more provincial capitals such as Jinan, Shandong province, and Nanjing, Jiangsu province, with brawls erupting in Nanjing. It is mainly high fees collected from drivers by taxi companies that have sparked the protests. Comments:

Reports show that drivers pay half to two-thirds of their monthly income to the taxi companies, which provide little service in return. How can such a system be fair? It is necessary to change the mode of monopoly companies renting cars to drivers, and introduce one in which taxi drivers enjoy more freedom and a lighter burden.

Guangming Daily, Jan 12