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This is not a huge surprise—China has very low rates of street crime, which is why the 'leave a bike anywhere' model isn't destroyed by vandalism. Increasingly
by smallnamespace 9y ago
This is not a huge surprise—China has very low rates of street crime, which is why the 'leave a bike anywhere' model isn't destroyed by vandalism.
Increasingly, as Chinese companies try to expand abroad (valuations are so inflated in China that diversifying geographically is very tempting, much like 80s Japan), they are going to stumble a bit due to less familiarity with other societies, e.g. [1].
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/business/economy/ohio-factory-jobs-china.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/business/economy/ohio-fac...
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- CodeWriter23 9y agoIt’s near the end of this article, Chinese bikeshare companies are having similar vandalism experiences in China: https://qz.com/919739/chinese-bike-sharing-startups-like-ofo-and-mobike-are-being-taken-for-a-ride-by-thieves-vandals-and-cheapskates/ https://qz.com/919739/chinese-bike-sharing-startups-like-ofo...
- ysleepy 9y agoI think you have a warped impression of china. Bike sharing in china: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IYu4wzy9Lw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IYu4wzy9Lw