Newsletter: What Killed ofo — The Fall of a Unicorn

Dec 27, 2018, 10:21am2018/12/27 10:21:57 Gabriel Li

Here is this week’s roundup of China tech stories.

This winter has been a struggling period of time for bike-sharing companies. ofo users have been seen waiting in line in front of the company’s headquarters at Zhongguancun in Beijing lately. The harsh winds of the Beijing winter didn’t stop them from getting their deposit back.

Also this week, Mobike founder Hu Weiwei resigned from the position of CEO for personal reasons. Hu claimed that she has ”completed her task at the current stage” as CEO.

As the cold winter approaches, many resort to superstitions for a peace of mind.

Can webcasting real-time classes save rural education in China? Through streaming services, rural students can watch the lectures live together with students from top high schools in Chengdu, a southern Chinese city.

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