Yep, it works, but not easily usable because for non chinese readers, you would ...

hoi on Sept 20, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple Botches China and Japan Maps in iOS 6

Yep, it works, but not easily usable because for non chinese readers, you would have to type the search in English, and then leave the app to switch it to chinese for the taxi driver (and switch it back to English to do your next search).