ByteDance

Three of the top five free mobile games in China on the first day of Lunar New Year were published by ByteDance, showing early signs of a challenge to Tencent.

Rampant rumors about the novel coronavirus spread on Chinese social media, causing panic.

Internet companies have launched work-from-home policy to mitigate impact, with mixed results.

In February 2019, TikTok started monetizing its platform in India by opening it for advertisers.

The market long dominated by Tencent has a disrupter now.

Short-video apps are taking over Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent as the biggest spenders on the holiday campaign.

Users and official sources are uploading thousands of videos from the quarantined city of Wuhan.

ByteDance, the short-video giant, has yet to prove its ability in making and managing heavy games.