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Renren’s $300 Million Settlement With Investors Rejected, Causing U.S. Share Price to Plunge 53%

Chinese social media company Renren Inc.’s $300 million settlement with a group of investors who accused its co-founders of self-dealing was rejected by a New York state judge, sending its U.S. share price on a plunge of 53%.

Newsletter: Sexist Remarks by Yu Minhong — Leader in English Education Amasses Public Resentment

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

Ep. 30: The Greatest Trainwreck of China Internet — Renren, China’s Facebook

In episode 30 of TechBuzz China, co-hosts Ying-Ying Lu and Rui Ma talk about Renren Inc., the closest Chinese analogue to Facebook.

Renren, the Faded Facebook of China, Disposed at $60 million

Four years after my last post on renren.com in 2014, the Facebook of China, I logged in to check back on my friends but got nothing but disappointment in return. Among stereotypical selfies of online celebrities are the ashes of my burned-out college memories.

Newsletter: Hyperloop TT to Build China’s First Hyperloop System

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

Forgotten Renren Attempts to Shed its Image as Social Media Zombie

Once upon a time, the graveyard that is Renren was worth US $8 billion. The former “Chinese version of Facebook” imploded after building the country’s largest social media network.

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