A pair of Republican lawmakers wrote a letter to the Departments of State and Defense warning of the risk posed by the Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing over its links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) urged prohibiting military personnel and diplomats from using digital transportation platforms such as Didi Chuxing over security concerns. Such platforms “collect users’ personal information and sensitive geo-location data and are obligated to share that data with Beijing’s intelligence and security services,” the pair said. “Didi Chuxing has expanded its presence in a number of countries around the world, including in key ally nations,” the senators said in a news release. “The CCP is known to possess de facto control over Chinese companies, requiring the …