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India contributed the rapidest growth as downloads in this country grew from 1.3 million in December 2017 to 32.3 million in December 2018.

Huang Xu, an analyst, said that actually Tencent did not have the obligation to open to Douyin, given that the two were both competing for people’s online time.

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 shut down on Tuesday. Douyin/Tik To

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The way Tencent has cast its nets so widely when it comes to short videos is largely due to the strong competitiveness and user stickiness shown by Tik Tok and other Toutiao products.

4Fun saw the potential of the Indian short-form video market.

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This will pit Alibaba against Tencent, which backs Kuaishou, in the short-video war