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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

Douyin

Tiktok

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Content

Creative

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

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The automatic labeling of AI-generated content on TikTok is a small step in an uphill battle against the misuse of AI.

Will TikTok’s new content labels really combat AI misinformation? | KrASIA

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Jeff Chay

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Angel Investing

Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Private Equity

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

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

Deals in brief: Osome extends Series B round, Kasagi Labo lands pre-Series A funding, Husk bags USD 5 million from Mekong Capital, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Osome extends Series B round, Kasagi Labo lands pre-Series A funding, Husk bags USD 5 million from Mekong Capital, and more

Deals in brief: Stupa scores INR 280 million in funding, Chainstack secures strategic investment, six China deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Stupa scores INR 280 million in funding, Chainstack secures strategic investment, six China deals, and more

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Marvin Goh

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.

KrASIA | Short Video Archives

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

Alibaba

Kuaishou (Chinese: 快手) is a platform for recording with millions of original fresh videos everyday.

Kuaishou

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

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E-commerce

livestreaming

Short-video apps have never been so important for brands in the Chinese market.

Short-video platforms jockey for pole position as entertainment and lifestyle brands transition online | KrASIA

Short-video platforms jockey for pole position as entertainment and lifestyle brands transition online

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AJ Cortese

Videos

Short-video apps have garnered over 821 million monthly active users as of June 2019.

Video | These are Chinese netizens' favorite short-video apps in 2020 | KrASIA

Video | These are Chinese netizens&#8217; favorite short-video apps in 2020

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James Chan

Bilibili

Social Impact

Already an established industry in China, livestreaming has seen a boost due to the coronavirus.

Video | Chinese netizens are increasingly turning to livestreaming during the COVID-19 pandemic | KrASIA

Video | Chinese netizens are increasingly turning to livestreaming during the COVID-19 pandemic

Toutiao to build up a partial paywall for its top-ranked news app in China  

A campaign called "Mayors Show Hubei to You" kicked off on short video app Douyin on Wednesday.

Senior Hubei officials go live on Douyin to promote food and culture as virus lockdowns lift | KrASIA

Senior Hubei officials go live on Douyin to promote food and culture as virus lockdowns lift

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South China Morning Post

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

Douyin wants its users to connect to others via video calls.

CHINA BRIEF | ByteDance's Douyin tests new real-time video chat function | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | ByteDance&#8217;s Douyin tests new real-time video chat function

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

JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

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

Video games and new TV episodes were also put on hold.

China's internet goes black and white on day of mourning for pandemic victims | KrASIA

China&#8217;s internet goes black and white on day of mourning for pandemic victims

Merchant account owners can sell goods via livestreaming, open online stores, and contact with customers directly on Kuaishou.

CHINA BRIEF | Kuaishou reports 500,000 new active merchants accounts as result of commercial push | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Kuaishou reports 500,000 new active merchants accounts as result of commercial push

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

The big-talking entrepreneur sold USD 15.5 million goods and gained 200 million new followers on Douyin following his first e-commerce livestream.

Smartisan founder turned e-commerce livestreamer: Luo Yonghao debuts on Douyin | KrASIA

Smartisan founder turned e-commerce livestreamer: Luo Yonghao debuts on Douyin

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

Entertainment

Movies

Chinese version of TikTok now offers dozens of free films, including The Last Emperor, Farewell My Concubine and The Great Wall.

Short Video

Short-video platforms jockey for pole position as entertainment and lifestyle brands transition online

Video | These are Chinese netizens’ favorite short-video apps in 2020

Video | Chinese netizens are increasingly turning to livestreaming during the COVID-19 pandemic

Senior Hubei officials go live on Douyin to promote food and culture as virus lockdowns lift

CHINA BRIEF | ByteDance’s Douyin tests new real-time video chat function

China’s internet goes black and white on day of mourning for pandemic victims

CHINA BRIEF | Kuaishou reports 500,000 new active merchants accounts as result of commercial push

Smartisan founder turned e-commerce livestreamer: Luo Yonghao debuts on Douyin

Douyin is turning into a movie streaming platform

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