I visited Chongqing and Beijing last month. It was so difficult to get a taxi there because there were very few taxi available. Taxi fares have barely increased during the past 10 years, and many cab drivers are reluctant to get on the road because the taxi fares are too low. When I was in China I found it difficult to get around without taxi, and I could not afford to rent and drive a car in China. I heard taxi fare is due to increase in Beijing in the near future. I hope that they increase the fare high enough so that there are more motivated taxi drivers on the road.