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.