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ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

Tiktok

Content

Creative

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

Video

TikTok's CEO spoke at the APEC event in Latin America, where the app's user base is growing rapidly.

TikTok wants to become "most trusted" company as US ban looms | KrASIA

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TikTok wants to become &#8220;most trusted&#8221; company as US ban looms

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Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

Apple

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics manufacturer, headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The company was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former People's Liberation Army engineer.

Huawei

Japan, Korea, and the West

Deep Tech

Smartphones

Mate 70 users will get an early look at HarmonyOS Next, Huawei’s new Android-free operating system.

Huawei’s Mate 70 targets Apple with competitive pricing and new OS | KrASIA

Huawei’s Mate 70 targets Apple with competitive pricing and new OS

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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CATL, short for Contemporary Amperex Technology, is a Chinese company specializing in lithium-ion battery production for electric vehicles, energy storage, and battery management systems.

CATL

Battery

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

CATL targets heavy-duty transport with its new Tianxing batteries, boasting breakthroughs in range, charging speed, and durability.

CATL launches advanced battery lineup to electrify heavy-duty vehicles | KrASIA

CATL launches advanced battery lineup to electrify heavy-duty vehicles

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance&#8217;s core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

KrASIA | Bytedance Archives

The fate of TikTok and WeChat in the US is still full of uncertainties as the Trump administration is insisting on proceeding with the bans.

TikTok ban halted by US federal judge | KrASIA

TikTok ban halted by US federal judge

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Wency Chen

Coca-Cola halts posts while Kao and others heed app's assurance on user data.

TikTok row pushes companies in Japan into marketing dilemma | KrASIA

TikTok row pushes companies in Japan into marketing dilemma

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals. It was founded by Colin Huang as Shanghai Dream Information Technology Co., Ltd. in September 2015.

Pinduoduo

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Pinduoduo predicts annual gross merchandise volume on its platform from agriculture to exceed RMB 1 trillion (USD 146 billion) in annual GMV in five years.

Pinduoduo taps China Post to expand its fresh groceries business | KrASIA

Pinduoduo taps China Post to expand its fresh groceries business

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Song Jingli

The US Commerce Department said that it would delay by one week restrictions on distribution and maintenance of the WeChat and TikTok apps.

ByteDance emphasizes it will retain control of TikTok Global after Trump agrees to Walmart, Oracle deal | KrASIA

ByteDance emphasizes it will retain control of TikTok Global after Trump agrees to Walmart, Oracle deal

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom could become the new TikTok CEO.

TikTok plans US IPO to appease Trump administration | KrASIA

TikTok plans US IPO to appease Trump administration

Tencent CEO Pony Ma: No ICO But is Exploring Blockchain Applications

WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

Wechat

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is set to release regulations by Sunday clarifying which WeChat transactions will be prohibited.

WeChat users not targeted by US ban, Trump administration says | KrASIA

WeChat users not targeted by US ban, Trump administration says

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Oracle

TikTok

walmart

The Chinese app factory has submitted a proposal to mollify the Trump administration at the eleventh hour, leaving TikTok's fate in the balance.

ByteDance lobs ball into Trump's court with sights on Oracle and Walmart partnerships | KrASIA

ByteDance lobs ball into Trump&#8217;s court with sights on Oracle and Walmart partnerships

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Lin Lingyi

Live Streaming

E-commerce

The move, which the company said will serve to improve consumer safety, is another step for ByteDance towards making Douyin a fully-fledged e-commerce platform.

ByteDance blocks Douyin livestreamers from selling goods through Taobao and JD | KrASIA

ByteDance blocks Douyin livestreamers from selling goods through Taobao and JD

Microsoft

expansion

Singapore

The company is currently hiring for more than 200 Singapore-based positions, including roles for Thai and Vietnamese speakers.

ByteDance to invest several billion dollars, add hundreds of jobs in Singapore: Report | KrASIA

ByteDance to invest several billion dollars, add hundreds of jobs in Singapore: Report

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