Baidu Beefs Up Development of Livestreaming and Short-Video Services

 /  Headlines From China  / 
Chinese internet search giant Baidu Inc. has pledged to plow massive resources into its short-video and livestreaming businesses, in a bid to gain a larger share of a sector dominated by ByteDance and Kuaishou. Read More

Bytedance Has Launched Its Video-editing App Viamaker Overseas

 /  Technology  / 
TikTok owner Bytedance has quietly launched in overseas markets the video-editing app hugely popular in its home territory under the moniker, Viamaker. Read More

China’s Antitrust Law Doesn’t Seem to Apply to Internet Giants

 /  Technology  / 
A recent attempt to prove that Tencent is a monopoly in a Chinese court collapsed in January, according to court files made public on April 17. Read More

China’s Facebook Is Back. Why Doesn’t Anyone Care?

 /  Chinasplaining  / 
Once valued at roughly $7.5 billion, Renren’s decline over the past decade is symbolic of the broader commercialization of social media spaces. Read More

ByteDance Offers Books for Free on Toutiao Content Platform

 /  News  / 
Chinese tech giant ByteDance has made the majority of its novels on its popular Toutiao app free to access, following a general trend in the fiercely competitive publishing sector. Read More

ByteDance Launches Global Hiring Spree With 10,000 New Jobs

 /  News  / 
ByteDance Inc. just kicked off a wave of hiring it envisions hitting 40,000 new jobs in 2020, hoping to match Alibaba’s headcount at a time technology corporations across the globe are furloughing or reducing staff. Read More

Life in Kuaishou’s Watery Margins

 /  Chinasplaining  / 
Streamers on China’s coarse TikTok rival drift between the alieantion of the ‘jianghu’ and dreams of mainstream success. Read More

Bytedance Gaming Play Doesn’t Threaten Tencent—yet

 /  Opinion  / 
To understand what Bytedance is doing in gaming, you have to understand its unique approach to corporate strategy. Read More

Headlines from China: More Films Are Getting Back on Track of Distribution Plans

 /  Headlines From China  / 
With more and more theaters reopening for business since last Friday, film distributors are also restarting their previously halted distribution plans. Read More

Bytedance Reshuffles Executives to Focus on Overseas

 /  News  / 
TikTok owner Bytedance announced Thursday a major leadership reshuffle with company founder and CEO Zhang Yiming shifting to take charge of the company’s overseas business. Read More

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