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Gaming, Honor of Kings, Premium Content, Pubg, QQ, Tencent, video games, WeChat

Tencent’s “dog-eat-dog” gaming empire

The “horse race” approach that cultivates internal rivalry is the key to Tencent’s dominance in China’s lucrative gaming industry. Source…

Alibaba, alipay, ant financial, China, Deep Dive, meituan, meituan dianping, Mobile, Podcast, Startup Snapshot Podcast, Startups, super-app, Tencent, WeChat

Deep Dive: The race to become China’s top super app

The competition is heating up in China as players encroach on each other’s territories. Source link

alipay, ecommerce, meituan, Mobile, News, Premium Content, super apps, WeChat

WeChat vs. Alipay: The heated battle between China’s super apps

Leading the market is WeChat, a social platform owned by Chinese gaming giant Tencent, while Alibaba’s mobile payment app Alipay…

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