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Phoenix News, NetEase News, and Tiantian Kuaibao were also taken offline from local app stores.

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AcFun’s rival Bilibili priced its IPO at $11.50 per share to raise in total $483 million through a Nasdaq-listing.

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Internet traffic giants venture into online education sector for business expansion

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