... DIFFERENTLY
A rental bicycle that could be used to
get from point A could be left at point B,
for a nominal price. A concept as sim-
ple as riding a bike and probably a very
lucrative idea too! At least that’s what
many Chinese start-ups thought dur-
ing a recent rental-bike boom, flooding
cities like Beijing, Wuhan and Xiamen
with the two-wheelers. Why these
companies then chose not to pick up
all the bikes gathering at point B will
remain their secret. What can no lon-
ger be hidden, however, is the thou-
sands of colourful bicycles, which
cluster to form mysterious works
of art across the entire country.PHOTOS: (VORIGE SEITE) © PICTURE ALLIANCE/WANG ZHENG/PACIFIC PRESS; (DIESE SEITE) © WANG FENG/IMAGINECHINA/DPA
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