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TikTok parent Bytedance is reportedly working on its own smartphone – TechCrunch
It’s been a busy couple of months for Bytedance, one of the world’s most valuable startups and the operator of globally popular video app TikTok. The Beijing-based company has continued to grow its list of apps to include the likes of work collaboration tool Lark, an instant messenger called Feiliao as well as a music streaming […]
Tencent Leads $250 Million Round in Chinese Travel Site Mafengwo
Tencent Holdings Ltd. is leading a $250 million investment in Chinese travel site Mafengwo, expanding its footprint in a fast-growing online travel and content sphere.
Tencent revamps education business, launches learning-focused AI lab · TechNode
The company's latest push in education comes as its other businesses face new challenges in China.
Tencent warns of slower growth in Chinese video ad sales
As streaming market matures, internet group touts pivot to industrial services
Tencent Video delays 'Game of Thrones' finale in China, prompts fan uproar
China's Tencent Video has delayed the broadcast of the "Game of Thrones" finale, according to an official message published by the online streaming site on Monday, prompting uproar among fans of the popular TV series in the country.
Here’s a rare glimpse into what WeChat insiders are worried about
Can WeChat maintain its leadership in China’s social media industry and fend off aggressive upstarts? Those are among the questions that executives at the Tencent-owned app are asking themselves, as revealed by a business case study done by London Business School.
Inside China’s $25 Billion Plastic Surgery Market
Social marketplace app SoYoung’s recent IPO has drawn attention to one of the world’s fastest growing markets for cosmetic surgery.
China’s Top Tech Company Makes Peace With Beijing
Gaming giant Tencent has patched up the differences with Chinese regulators that battered its stock last year.
JD.com narrowly beats estimates, renews Tencent deal in Q1 2019 · TechNode
The company’s logistics arm, which lost RMB 2.8 billion in 2018, weighed on e-commerce giant.
What Is Taoran Notes? Mysterious WeChat Intrigues China Watchers
For many China observers, one question has popped up since a pair of President Donald Trump’s tweets roiled Chinese stocks this week: Who or what is Taoran Notes?
Briefing: Tencent Cloud aims to quadruple overseas revenue in 2019 · TechNode
The main reason driving Tencent Cloud’s overseas expansion is gaming, said Da Zhiqian, vice president of Tencent Cloud.
Chinese Startup DouYu Said to Delay IPO Launch on Trade Jitters
DouYu International Holdings Ltd., a Chinese video-game live-streaming platform, is delaying the launch of its U.S. initial public offering following market jitters over President Donald Trump’s threat to boost tariffs on China, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Long freeze between Tencent and Alibaba thaws
Chinese tech giants have been following each other into the same investments
The People With Power at Tencent
Pony Ma is well known as the co-founder and chief executive of Chinese tech giant Tencent, which operates the ubiquitous app WeChat. The bookish Mr. Ma, whose passion outside of work is astronomy, has long been the public face of Tencent. But the key executive in Tencent’s daily operations is as ...
China’s Ctrip now owns half of India’s MakeMyTrip following share swap with Naspers – TechCrunch
China’s Ctrip, the world’s second largest online travel company, is doubling down on India after it announced a deal to increase its ownership of travel company MakeMyTrip to nearly half. Ctrip will boost its ownership of MakeMyTrip, which is listed on the Nasdaq as Ctrip, to 49 percent through an exchange deal that sees Naspers, the […]
Didi Dominates Ride-Hailing in China but Loses Money on Many of Its Trips
Didi Chuxing Technology beat out Uber in China, but nearly three years later the startup, whose investors include its former rival and SoftBank, still struggles with profitability in its core ride-hailing business.
Tencent’s latest investment is an app that teaches grannies in China to dance – TechCrunch
Besides churning out video games for China’s young generations, Tencent has also been attuned to the needs of silver-haired users: its latest bet is an app that teaches middle-age and elderly users, most of whom are female, how to dance. Called Tangdou, or “sugar beans” in Chinese, the app announced on Monday that it has […]
China’s new gaming rules to ban poker, blood and imperial schemes – TechCrunch
Lots of news has surfaced from China’s gaming industry in recent weeks as the government hastens to approve a massive backlog of titles in the world’s largest market for video games. Last Friday, On April 10th, the country’s State Administration of Press and Publication, the freshly minted gaming authority born from a months-long reshuffle last […]
The Kids Use TikTok Now Because Data-Mined Videos Are So Much Fun
The video-sharing app by the Chinese-owned Bytedance, the world’s most valuable startup, has a younger audience than Facebook, an algorithm that learns you, and different ideas about free speech.
Alibaba-Rival JD Is Said to Target Deep Job Cuts as Morale Sags
JD.com Inc. is preparing deep cuts to its workforce and rescinding some job offers as the Chinese e-commerce giant struggles to revive dwindling morale and rein in losses, people familiar with the matter said.