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Proponents and opponents of regulation both spurn South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's attempt at compromise.

South Korea flounders in quest to restrain power of online platforms | KrASIA

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South Korea flounders in quest to restrain power of online platforms

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

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

Entertainment

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

Live Streaming

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

Gaming and ad growth help Bilibili hit a profit, but sustaining this trajectory could be challenging.

Bilibili hits profitability milestone but faces big questions about its staying power | KrASIA

Bilibili hits profitability milestone but faces big questions about its staying power

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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Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Singapore

Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Podium nets Series A1 funding, Gyges Labs backed to redefine wearables, xAI raises USD 5 billion, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Podium nets Series A1 funding, Gyges Labs backed to redefine wearables, xAI raises USD 5 billion, and more

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KrASIA Writers

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

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

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

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

Tik Tok

Short-video app Douyin, which is known outside of China as Tik Tok, found that one gateway it relied on for onboarding new users - via WeChat - had been

Tencent no longer allows users to create an account on Bytedance's Douyin via WeChat | KrASIA

Tencent no longer allows users to create an account on Bytedance&#8217;s Douyin via WeChat

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Song Jingli

Smartisan

The move will bring two of WeChat's challengers under one umbrella.

Bytedance acquires smartphone maker on heels of expansions | KrASIA

Bytedance acquires smartphone maker on heels of expansions

A slowing Chinese economy has dragged down the company's earnings.

ByteDance hits 2018 sales target, but only barely | KrASIA

ByteDance hits 2018 sales target, but only barely

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Robin Moh

ByteDance enters China's social messaging market.

China's ByteDance launches video chat app Duoshan to take on Tencent's WeChat | KrASIA

China&#8217;s ByteDance launches video chat app Duoshan to take on Tencent&#8217;s WeChat

Is ByteDance becoming the next giant slayer? Will it succeed?

ByteDance files for 3 financial technology trademarks, fuelling speculations on its fintech ambitions | KrASIA

ByteDance files for 3 financial technology trademarks, fuelling speculations on its fintech ambitions

As the highest valued tech unicorn on the planet, the only thing could dwarf ByteDance's valuation is its grand ambition.

ByteDance rumoured to launch a WeChat rival, ambition or delusion? | KrASIA

ByteDance rumoured to launch a WeChat rival, ambition or delusion?

Chen Lin

Toutiao

Zhang Yiming

Zhang's step back from the daily operations of Toutiao will allow him more time to focus on Bytedance's corporate strategy.

Toutiao announces new CEO | KrASIA

Toutiao announces new CEO

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

E-Commerce

Shortly after the release of e-commerce platform Zhi Dian, ByteDance now offers a new social commerce app called Xin Cao

ByteDance ambition in e-commerce continues with new social commerce app XinCao for younger consumers | KrASIA

ByteDance ambition in e-commerce continues with new social commerce app XinCao for younger consumers

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DeFang Tang

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