Meituan and Ant-backed Hello the Chinese bike-sharing services that survived years of cutthroat price wars and a spectacular boom-bust cycle, have decided to raise prices to try and turn a profit.

A recent rise in fuel prices, coupled with coronavirus restrictions hindering commutes, plus increased government support, have lifted the popularity of two-wheeled transport in what was once known as the ‘Kingdom of Bicycles’.

Mobike officially halted operations of the mobile app and WeChat mini programme under its own brand last week, fully merging under its parent company Meituan.

Hellobike and Dida Chuxing have made changes to their car-pooling platforms after the Ministry of Transport accused them of offering ride-hailing services, a legally distinct service defined as a commercial activity.

An estimated 25 million discarded bicycles have been scrapped, dismantled and recycled, through the entanglement among local governments, bike companies, and recycling factories.

A video circulating on Weibo shows Ofo bikes asking to be helped up while piled up in an abandoned construction site.

Huawei’s Honor is offering shared MagicBook laptops delivered straight to users’ doors during China’s national holiday.

After the launch of the final satellite in the BeiDou navigation system, China’s bike-sharing platforms said the global network will help them to manage their fleets more efficiently.

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Food delivery giant Meituan saw signs of an upswing at its struggling bike-sharing business, as more commuters shifted away from crowded modes of transport amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Meituan’s Mobike and Alibaba-backed Hellobike are seeing longer trips, but analysts say the bike-share resurgence might not stick after the outbreak

The Alibaba-backed company is pivoting to ecommerce and offering rebates in lieu of returning deposit money

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Critics have accused the Malaysian government of relying on ride-hailing services as a substitute for comprehensive infrastructure planning and raised concerns about the country’s road safety record.

Shanghai-based Hellobike will offer a range of two-wheeler transport options, including traditional bicycles as well as electric bikes and scooters.

A survivor of the bike-sharing wars in China, Shanghai-based Hellobike continues to raise capital for its business transformation

Ofo was once one of the biggest bike sharing platforms in the world, with a plan to capture 200 cities by 2017. But the end of the bike sharing boom hit Ofo hard.

Thousands of bicycles that lay in ‘graveyards’ after bike-sharing companies pulled out from Singapore and Malaysia are now being used by impoverished Myanmar children to go to school.

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Beijing kicks off cleanup campaign in the aftermath of bike-sharing bust

Mobike and others raise fees to save business following collapse of the once-leading Ofo

Police investigating after 78-year-old sustains bleeding in the brain and multiple broken bones in the latest mishap to hit China’s shared bike industry.

Mobike has laid off its Asia-Pacific operations team, including staff and contractors in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, India and Australia.

Ofo’s woes are casting a shadow over the bike-sharing industry, which seemed a potentially lucrative idea when it first emerged