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China technology, ecommerce, mobile payments, News, retailing, SCMP, smart retail, Startups, Tencent, WeChat

Tencent to broaden overseas investments, target smart retail activities

Of the more than 800 companies currently in Tencent’s investment portfolio, about 70 are listed while roughly 160 are unicorns….

apps, Internet, News, SCMP, Social Media, technology, Tencent, WeChat

Tencent trials paywall for WeChat blogs

Content creators can price articles from US$0.15 to US$30. Source link

ByteDance, Chinese Social Media, Douyin, News, SCMP, short videos, Social Media, Startups, startups in china, Tencent, tiktok, WeChat

WeChat to bolster short-form content amid ongoing battle with Bytedance’s Douyin

The move comes as Chinese social media sees an explosion in popularity of short videos. Source link

ByteDance, Douyin, kuaishou, News, SCMP, Startups, tiktok, WeChat

Bytedance-owned short video app Douyin nearly doubles daily active users over past year

Rival Kuaishou set a target for the company to reach 300 million daily active users by February. Source link

Alibaba, apps, China technology, ecommerce, Internet, News, SCMP, Social Media, technology, Tencent, WeChat

Chinese mobile users now spend over 6 hours every day online

Online mobile engagement is driven by smart devices, digitization in the offline retail industry, and live streaming, research shows. Source…

Alibaba Cloud, alibaba group, AliCloud, ant financial, Asia, China, China Roundup, didi chuxing, GPU, level 4, nvidia, TC, Tencent, WeChat

Ant Financial’s new boss and Tencent’s army of new apps – TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what…

ByteDance, China technology, kuaishou, News, QQ, SCMP, Social Media, startups in china, Tencent, WeChat

Tencent eyes new apps to fend off rivals, offset slower growth in WeChat and QQ

The new social apps are set to have features such as videos, online communities, and ecommerce to compete against rivals…

Alibaba, android, ant financial, apple, Asia, Beijing, ByteDance, China, China Roundup, daniel zhang, huawei, kunlun, Musical.ly, Smartphones, TC, Tencent, tiktok, WeChat, WeWork

TikTok stumbles in the US and Huawei shipments continue to surge – TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what…

Alibaba, alipay, ant financial, China, Fintech, GoPay, mobile payments, News, payments services, PayPal, WeChat

PayPal to enter China’s payments market with local stake buy

The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year. Source link

China, China technology, ecommerce, JD.com, KrAsia, News, Pinduoduo, Social Media, WeChat

JD.com launches a Pinduoduo rival with a little help from WeChat

It comes in the form of a dedicated app, dubbed Jingxi, as well as a mini app that resides in…