印象派 (Impressionism)

南宁 (Nánníng), China: An aerial view of thousands of bikes that were part of bike-sharing schemes but which had been impounded by authorities for being illegally parked or blocking footpaths. Photo: VCG via Getty Images.

印象派 (Impressionism)

A mountain of impounded shared bikes can be seen at a parking lot in 南京 (Nánjīng), east China’s 江苏省 (Jiāngsū province). Although the bike-sharing services are booming nationwide in China, it’s challenging to manage bike-sharing and arrange orderly parking, and some bike-sharing companies have gone bankrupt after months of problems. Photo: 方東旭 (Fāng Dōngxù)/Photoshot/Avalon.

摩拜单车 (Mobike)

Share bicycles stacked upon bicycles in 上海 (Shànghǎi), China. Photo: 七濑神 (Qīlài Shén)/Bloomberg.

More Than, Less Than

A Chinese man sorts abandoned share bicycles stored at a temporary parking lot in 上海 (Shànghǎi), China. The bike-sharing industry has known a boom with Chinese city-dwellers, but has grown so much that 上海 (Shànghǎi)’s authorities last week had to prohibit any further deployment of bikes in the city in order to prevent sidewalk clutter. Photo: Chandan Khanna/Getty Images.

印象派 (Impressionism)

合肥 (Héféi), China: Tens of thousands of rental bikes seen from above create an image like a painting. They are parked in a graveyard of bikes while companies struggle to regulate the parking behaviour of their users. Photo: Feature China/Barcroft Images.