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alipay, Beijing, coronavirus, Covid-19, KrAsia, News, Tencent, WeChat

Smartphones, QR codes now indispensable in quarantined Beijing

Beijing, once completely empty as authorities enforced quarantine measures through tech applications, is now slowly returning to normal. Source link

Fenfu, Fintech, KrAsia, News, Startups, Tencent, virtual credit card, WeChat

Tencent launches virtual credit card service

It competes with Ant Financial’s Huabei, which allows microloans to be repaid by installments. Source link

Alibaba, alipay, Ant Financial Services, Fintech, meituan, News, Startups, startups in china, WeChat

Alipay to open up platform to 40 million service providers in China

The three-year plan marks a positional shift for the company, which has previously been focused on providing financial services. Source…

Alibaba, ByteDance, Douyin, Duoshan, Feishu, KrAsia, Lark, News, Pinduoduo, Social Media, Taobao, Tencent, WeChat, Xigua Video

WeChat targets ByteDance’s collaboration app Feishu in latest restriction

The Chinese super app has been accused of abusing its market-dominant position. Source link

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…

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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…