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. The former near-monopoly on ...
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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: Hyperloop TT to Build China's First Hyperloop System
Here's this week's roundup of China tech stories. Renren, once “Facebook of China”, has now downgraded to a social media zombie with drastic shrinkage of its...
Newsletter: Sexist Remarks by Yu Minhong — Leader in English Education Amasses Public Resentment
Here is this week's roundup of China tech stories. “The degenerating behavior of women is what’s causing China’s downfall.” Yu Minhong (Michael Yu), foun...
11/22/20183 min read
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 s...
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...
11/15/20183 min read