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Headlines from China: TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Resigns As US Pressure Mounts

Aug 28, 2020  /  Headlines From China  / 
Kevin Mayer, chief executive officer of the embattled video-sharing app Tiktok, said on Wednesday that he has decided to leave the company as the current U.S. administration’s pressure on banning the app mounts quickly. Read More

Headlines from China: The 10th Beijing International Film Festival Kicks Off on August 22

Aug 24, 2020  /  Headlines From China  / 
The 10th Beijing International Film Festival just kicked off in Beijing on Saturday, 34 days after the reopening of domestic cinemas on July 24. Yan Xiaoming, vice president of China Media Group (CMG), announced the launch of the film festival themed "In Pursuit of a Shared Dream." Read More

Top Japanese Lawmaker Suggests TikTok Sells Local Business to Address Security Concerns

Aug 21, 2020  /  Legal  / 
Japan is tightening the screws on the embattled TikTok, with a top lawmaker suggesting that changing the ownership of the ByteDance-owned short video app’s Japan business could help address mounting data security concerns. Read More

TikTok Unveils $200 Million Fund to Help U.S.-Based Users Make Money Amid Ban Threat

Jul 27, 2020  /  Money  / 
TikTok has announced the launch of a $200 million fund to encourage U.S.-based “influencers” to create more content, even as the Trump administration threatens a ban. Read More

Netflix Names TikTok as a Major Competitor For First Time

Jul 23, 2020  /  News  / 
TikTok has been publicly labeled by Netflix as a major competitor for the first time, as global pushbacks have left the Chinese app’s global expansion plans almost in tatters. Read More

TikTok Fined $155,000 For Mishandling User Data in South Korea

Jul 17, 2020  /  Headlines From China  / 
Just two weeks after being removed from Indian app stores, ByteDance-owned TikTok took another hit in South Korea, where the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) fined the viral short video app 186 million won ($155,000) for mishandling user data. Read More

TikTok Rival Kuaishou Builds $1.4bn Data Center In China

Jun 11, 2020  /  News  / 
Chinese video sharing app Kuaishou will spend about 10 billion yuan ($1.41 billion) to build its largest data center, as the company looks to support a user base poised for continued growth in a post-coronavirus market. Read More

Headlines from China: First Quarter Paid Membership Up 134%, Bilibili Delivered Another Milestone Growth

May 22, 2020  /  Headlines From China  / 
Today, the fast growing Chinese video sharing website Bilibili released its Q1 performance report, and delivered another milestone of growth after it went public two years ago. Read More

Headlines from China: The 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival Postponed

May 20, 2020  /  Headlines From China  / 
Out of an abundance of caution, the organizing committee of Shanghai International Film Festival decided to postpone this year’s event Read More

Kuaishou Sues Rival Douyin for ‘Piggybacking’ on Its Name

May 20, 2020  /  News  / 
China’s second-largest video platform claims top competitor infringed its trademark to gain more users. Read More

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