Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, is competing against Meituan in food delivery and other segments of on-demand e-commerce in the country. Source link
Read More »Exclusive: World’s largest iPhone factory in China hit by Covid-19, Foxconn confirms
Apple’s largest supplier said production remains ‘relatively stable’ after a ‘small number of employees’ were affected by Covid. Source link
Read More »TikTok’s Chinese version Douyin adds shopping to news app in e-commerce push
Douyin’s 600 million daily active users will be able to link their accounts to Jinri Toutiao and shop within the popular news aggregation app. Source link
Read More »‘Instantly aged 50 years’: boy’s meltdown while teaching sister maths goes viral
Millions of Chinese social media users have flocked to watch a video of a 12-year-old boy losing his patience and breaking down in tears as he tries to teach his younger sister maths. Source link
Read More »Cyber watchdog says Alibaba, Tencent handed in app algorithm details
The Cyberspace Administration of China has published a list of 30 apps, whose operators submitted details of their recommendation algorithms. Source link
Read More »China’s top basketball league sues Bilibili for copyright infringement
The Chinese Basketball Association is demanding US$60.12 million in legal compensation from Bilibili for the unauthorised streaming of games during the league’s 2019-2020 season. Source link
Read More »China’s social media giants to show agency names on influencer pages
Under the new measure, so-called MCNs are required to provide Weibo and Douyin with updated information about which influencers they manage. Source link
Read More »ByteDance’s private valuation down to US$300 billion amid IPO speculation
Since being founded in a Beijing residential flat by entrepreneur Zhang Yiming a decade ago, ByteDance has grown at an astonishing pace only recently hampered by China’s crackdown on Big Tech last year. The company, which also runs Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, received a boost last year when …
Read More »China’s ‘Lipstick King’ Austin Li Jiaqi abruptly halts Taobao live-streaming show
The snafu has put pressure on Li, who has more than 64 million followers, to make up for the amount of sales lost on Friday in his next live-streamed shows. Source link
Read More »Tencent’s short video weapon: pop stars and millennial nostalgia
The growing popularity of WeChat’s Channels could shake up the Chinese short video market, which has been led by Douyin, the sibling app of ByteDance’s TikTok. Source link
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