Didi, Lenovo founders go private on China social media, join retreat from spotlight

Gao said such withdrawls from the public online space reflected growing restrictions around what can be said publicly in China, and the increasingly difficult environment facing tech firms. — Reuters

HONG KONG: The president of Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing and her father, the founder of Lenovo, have ended their public presence on China’s main social media site, the latest Chinese tech leaders to retreat from the spotlight.

Didi’s Jean Liu and her father, Liu Chuanzhi, both switched on a function on China’s Weibo platform to hide all old posts, at some time during the just-ended Labour Day holiday. Neither had posted in the past six months.