New sparkling shared bikes succeed in getting attention
By Zhou Wenting |
China Daily |
Updated: 2017-06-10 09:11
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| A solar-powered charger for mobile phones on the handlebars of a gold share bike in Hangzhou city, East China's Zhejiang province, June 9, 2017. [Photo/VCG] |
Some netizens said people riding such bikes need to wear gold armor to fit in.
"To some extent, gold signifies Chinese people's worship of fortune. Three years ago, Shanghai introduced a batch of gold taxis and they were chased after," said Hu Yijun, a 45-year-old junior high school teacher in Shanghai.
But others said they disliked the color.
"If my boyfriend rode such a bike to meet me, I'd refuse to hang out with him," an internet user with the name "Being together" wrote on her microblog.
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