Bike-sharing services

A woman rides an Ofo bike in Paris. Photo: Reuters

Chinese bike-sharing giants battle for Paris turf after ‘Vélib fiasco’

Paris has been forced to back-pedal on its plan to become Europe’s most cyclist-friendly city by 2020 as its municipal bike-sharing network has ground to a halt due to technical issues.

9 Aug 2018 - 10:29pm

Ofo’s chief executive says he would turn down a US$10 billion offer for Chinese bike sharing firm

Ofo’s CEO says no offer would be good enough for Chinese bike sharer

3 Aug 2018 - 10:58pm 4

Photographer Wu Guoyong travelled across the country to capture what happened when bike-sharing reached saturation point, inviting questions about the efficiency of China’s industrial machine

Where China’s share bikes go to die: sick beauty of ‘bicycle graveyards’

2 Aug 2018 - 4:39pm 6

About 72 per cent of bike-sharing users in China can be found in the country’s second- and lower-tier cities

How Hellobike is beating Mobike and Ofo in China’s smaller cities

26 Jul 2018 - 8:28am

Ketch'Up Bike in Hong Kong. Photo: SCMP/Handout

Bike-sharing start-up sells stake for token to get into blockchain

25 Jul 2018 - 10:08pm 3

China’s Mobike to restrict rider parking in Beijing as authorities tighten regulation on dockless bikes

Mobike restricts parking in Beijing as authorities regulate dockless bikes

25 Jul 2018 - 12:08pm

Drivers have been fined and home rentals face stricter laws, and while businesses and users remain hopeful, analysts say the hardline approach will continue to protect the vested interests of established competitors

With crackdowns on Uber, Airbnb, is Hong Kong’s sharing economy dying?

20 Jul 2018 - 10:10am 44

Meituan-Dianping and Didi Chuxing are two of China’s most valuable unicorns and both are eyeing Hong Kong initial public offerings

Didi to slow financing as it eyes 2019 IPO, competition with Meituan eases

13 Jul 2018 - 10:58pm

Hong Kong start-up Gobee.bike pioneered the launch of bike-sharing services in the city in April 2017 in districts such as Sha Tin, Tai Po, Ma On Shan, Tuen Mun, Fanling, Tseung Kwan O and Tung Chung. Photo: Felix Wong

Why is bike-sharing so problematic in Hong Kong?

12 Jul 2018 - 2:41pm 22

A Gobee.bike customer in Tai Wai this month. The first bike-sharing service in Hong Kong went bust after 15 months. Photo: Edward Wong/SCMP

Bike-sharing firms need an easier ride

11 Jul 2018 - 11:30pm 2

Chinese bike sharing firm Ofo pulls out of Australia and Israel in the wake of stiff competition at home

Bike sharer Ofo pulls out of Australia and Israel as competition heats up in China

10 Jul 2018 - 11:16pm 1

Hong Kong’s bike sharing brand Gobee shuts down amid high operating costs

11 Jul 2018 - 10:14am 1

Hong Kong bike-sharing start-up Gobee.bike goes bust

10 Jul 2018 - 10:42pm 17

Mobike says that it is now operating in over 200 cities in 18 countries, with 200 million registered users and 9 million Mobikes. Photo: Simon Song

Bikes the latest front in e-commerce fight by China’s internet giants

9 Jul 2018 - 5:55pm

Mobike’s change leaves Ofo as the only major bike sharing firm in China that doesn’t have a deposit free plan

China's bike-sharing war enters crucial stage with Mobike going deposit free

6 Jul 2018 - 10:03pm 1

The companies have introduced measures to try to reduce the number of abandoned bikes. Photo: ThePaper.cn

Chinese bike-sharing firms pull 3,000 dumped bikes out of rivers

5 Jul 2018 - 8:10pm 4

Competition in China’s bike-sharing scene has intensified along with pressure to turn a profit

Mobike goes deposit free amid intense competition in China’s bike-sharing market

6 Jul 2018 - 9:10am

Bicycle-sharing firm’s exit amid greater regulation prompts some to warn Lion City against choking off risk-taking businesses

‘You can kill your innovators’: Singapore’s oBike gets on its bike

30 Jun 2018 - 3:07pm 8

Singapore requires ‘geofencing’ for all bike-sharing operators in the city by the end of this year

Singapore requires “geofencing” for all bike-sharing firms in the city

4 Jun 2018 - 7:20pm

China’s dockless bike-sharing craze has rejuvenated the fortunes of the humble bicycle, but can manufacturers like Shanghai Phoenix build a sustainable future?

What’s next for Phoenix after riding China’s bike-sharing wave?

27 May 2018 - 1:12pm

Meet Phoenix, the Chinese bike company aiming to be industry champions

Meet Phoenix, the Chinese bike company aiming to be industry champions

30 May 2018 - 4:48pm

India, with the second-biggest population on the planet at around 1.3 billion people, looks set to become the next battleground for China’s bike-sharing companies, which are facing growth constraints at home

Mobike rides into India as China’s bike-sharing start-ups look for new markets

21 May 2018 - 10:41pm 1

Entrepreneurs and global operators have rushed into the crowded bicycle rental business in Hong Kong, but all face issues of theft, vandalism, a lack of parking spaces and abandoned bikes that have angered the public

Hong Kong’s bike-sharing start-ups struggle to shake off bad name

16 May 2018 - 9:11am 2

China’s dockless bicycle-sharing industry has seen a wave of consolidation, with market leader Mobike being acquired by Meituan-Dianping and Ofo the last remaining major independent player

Bike-sharing firm Ofo’s CEO rallies staff to ‘fight till the end’

15 May 2018 - 10:26pm 6

Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2018 shows snow-covered ofo bicycles parked at the roadside in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province. Photo: Xinhua

Ofo buys 37pc of bicycle order as cities clamp down on dockless rentals

7 May 2018 - 10:18pm 2

China’s Ofo plans to take over running of Hong Kong’s GoBee Bike

China’s Ofo plans to take over running of GoBee Bike

13 Apr 2018 - 7:33am 1

The financial skyline of Singapore is reflected in a rain puddle as people jog past at dawn in Singapore. Photo: AP

Ofo launches ‘ride-and-mine’ cryptocurrency pilot in Singapore

10 Apr 2018 - 3:48pm 1

At one time, there were about 100 companies offering short-term bicycle rental services in China. A child rides past other bicycles from bike-sharing companies parked along a pavement in Beijing. Photo: AP

China’s sharing economy headed for troubled waters

9 Apr 2018 - 10:56pm 2

A Gobee Bike employee demonstrates how to unlock the shared cycles, in Sha Tin last April. Photo: Felix Wong

What Hong Kong needs for better bike-sharing

8 Apr 2018 - 10:33am 1

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