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Is the sharing economy business bubble set to burst?

Yellow,orange,blue,green,white–differentcoloredbikesaretakingoversomeofChina'sbiggestcities,providingacheaprideandasplashofcolor.Thenumberofbike-sharingprovider

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China's two top logistics suppliers end dispute

ChinesecourierserviceSFExpressande-commercegiantAlibaba'slogisticsarmCainiaoreachedanagreementonFridaytoresumecooperationfollowingtheirdisputeoverdatasharing,ac

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Britain resumes intelligence sharing with U.S. upon Trump promise

Britain has decided to resume intelligence sharing with the United States after receiving promises from U.S.

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China considers regulating booming bike-sharing services

Theseasofhaphazardlyparkedorange,yellowandbluebikesoutsidesubwayentrancesandsidewalksinChinesecitiesmaysoondryup.TheChinesegovernmentdecidedMondaytoconsiderregu

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New bike-sharing draft guidelines issued in China

China's Ministry of Transportation issued new draft guidelines for regulating the bike-sharing sector on Monday.

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New bike-sharing draft guidelines issued in China

China'sMinistryofTransportationissuednewdraftguidelinesforregulatingthebike-sharingsectoronMonday.Aspartoftheproposals,bike-sharingclientswillhavetoregisterfort

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China's bike-sharing schemes hit UK streets

Bike-sharingschemesintheUKcityofOxfordarequitedifferentfromthebusinessmodelinChina,wherepeopledon’thavetoworryaboutfindingadockingstation.CGTN’sZhangHereportsth

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Sharing and matching can be a problem in Hong Kong

The sharing kitchen concept is something unique in the city given its big population and limited space, academic maintains

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Airbnb shares optimism on China

The sharing economy has huge potential in China, where the younger generation are ready to embrace new ways of doing business and living, senior management of Airbnb believe. "We've seen positive signs of a developing sharing economy in China both from the consumers and the government," Varsha Rao, head of global operations for Airbnb, told Xinhua during the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2016, or Summer Davos, in Tianjin.

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Backing by ministries gives hope to China's ride-sharing services

A glimmer of hope may flare for ride-sharing companies in China to gain legitimacy and see further growth after Chinese ministries vowed to encourage the popular means of transport.

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"Sharing economy" selected Australia's word of the year

​The term "sharing economy" has been chosen as Australia's word of the year 2015, the Australian National Dictionary Center announced on Wednesday.

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The inexorable logic of sharing economy

Amazon and eBay, following their establishment in 1994 and 1995, harnessed the connectivity of the Internet to create new, more efficient markets. In the beginning, that meant new ways of buying and selling books and collectibles; but now e-commerce is everywhere, offering customers new goods and used goods-and becoming a global force in logistics and retail. Likewise, while today's sharing-economy companies may be just out of their infancy, their services will one day be ubiquitous.

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Sharing economy shaking up business in China

As Uber and Airbnb expand in China, homegrown online ventures are already taking a slice of the growing sharing economy.