Alex Zhu (ๆฑ้ช Zhลซ Jรนn) is the head of TikTok, the first Chinese social media service to achieve real traction in the U.S. He wants desperately to maintain that traction as Washington turns up its scrutiny of TikTokโs parent company, the Chinese internet powerhouse Bytedance.
Episode 55 of TechBuzz China is about a company we have admittedly relegated to a โsupporting roleโ thus far here on TechBuzz: Kuaishou, which is...
What does it take to become a star livestreamer in China, and in what direction is the booming industry trending now? Lauren Hallanan, who garnered...
Photo credit: The China Project illustration For a few months now, there has been creeping suspicion that TikTok, the one China-based social media app to...
In China, TikTok is known as Douyin (ๆ้ณ dวuyฤซn), and both apps are made by Bytedance, a Beijing-based internet company. But the two apps are not exactly the same.
Welcome to the second entry of the China Business Corner, a weekly window into Chinese-language coverage of business, technology, and the broader economy, brought to...