Episode 1: An introduction to China's bike sharing

<p>John and Matthew talk about bike sharing. Since the middle of 2016, China's streets have explosions of yellow, orange, blue, and green as the bike sharing wars take off. Who are the big players? Why is it taking off in China? Will the Chinese government intervene like they have with ride-hailing?</p> <p>Links</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://technode.com/tag/bike-rental/">TechNode's coverage of bike sharing</a></li> <li>John Artman: <a href="http://technode.com/2017/04/15/technode-weekly-briefing-mobile-payments-o2o-and-iot-economy/">Mobile payments, O2O, and the IoT economy</a></li> <li>Matthew Brennan: <a href="http://chinachannel.co/mobike-ofo-bike-sharing-industry-report/">Mobike & Ofo: Bike Sharing Industry Report (Nov 2016)</a></li> <li>Matthew Brennan: <a href="http://chinachannel.co/china-bike-sharing-report-march-2017/">China Bike Sharing Report: March 2017</a></li> </ul> <p>Hosts</p> <ul> <li>John Artman, <a href="https://twitter.com/knowsnothing">@knowsnothing</a>, <a href="http://technode.com/author/artman/">TechNode</a></li> <li>Matthew Brennan, <a href="https://twitter.com/MattyBGooner">@MattyBGoooner,</a> <a href="http://chinachannel.co">ChinaChannel</a></li> </ul> <p>Podcast information</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/cn/podcast/china-tech-talk/id1228528520?mt=2"> iTunes</a></li> <li><a href="http://chinatechtalk.libsyn.com/rss">RSS feed</a></li> <li>Music: "Theme from Penguins on Parade" by <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/">Lee Rosevere</a>, <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Music_For_Podcasts_3/"> Music for Podcasts 3</a></li> </ul> <p><em>China Tech Talk is a <a href="http://technode.com">TechNode</a> x <a href="http://chinachannel.co" target="_blank">ChinaChannel</a> co-production</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p>