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Yourguide answered at 10 months ago

Depends on the type of car:
There are at least 3 prices of Taxi in Beijing. They are priced according to the rate per kilometer.
1.20 RMB The cheapest taxi you can find, pretty small, but gets you where you want to go. Comfort and quality of ride varies from awful to not too bad. The car brand is Xiali, (Chinese, of course)
1.60 RMB At this price range you can get a reasonably new Citroen or Volkswagen. The car is a bit bigger, a bit faster, is likely to have suspension and the air conditioning will probably work better. Still a very compact car by U.S. standards.
2.00 RMB This is their best taxi ? At least, the most expensive. The cars are likely to be old, black, biggish, the driver likely to have some customer service and even some English skills (ok, still rare). They are likely to drive carefully too.

Not many taxi driver can speak English.