This article is based on a naked capitalism article [1] from 2016. That article adresses the China criticism under the section:

"Uber Losses Not explained by Uber China and No One Can Explain How Profitability Can Be Achieved"

The losses covered in that article don't include anything from China.

[1] https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2016/11/can-uber-ever-delive...