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Kevin O'Leary wants to buy TikTok at up to 90% discount. Here's why : Kevin O'Leary is putting together a syndicate for a potential purchase of TikTok ...
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Kevin O'Leary wants to buy TikTok at up to 90% discount. Here's why
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How to buy TikTok and avoid a ban: The addictive app TikTok may soon be for sale. Famous people are lining up to try to buy it. If we want to try to buy it, too ...
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How to buy TikTok and avoid a ban
Quick Glance: TikTok Ban: Impact Beyond Gen Z Users
  • A potential ban on TikTok would have far-reaching effects, given the diverse and evolving user base.

  • TikTok users are politically polarized, with a predominant younger audience. Their views differ from the average American.

  • The platform has a rapidly growing user base that is undergoing demographic changes, especially with an increase in users aged 30-49.

  • The use of TikTok as a primary source of news and information influences user opinions, leading to political polarization, particularly among younger users.
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Chinese platforms are cracking down on influencers selling AI lessons: They’re not necessarily scams—but they’re not value for money either, buyers complain.
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Chinese platforms are cracking down on influencers selling AI lessons
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The dots connecting TikTok, US Steel and Chinese land buys: The House of Representatives passes a bill requiring China's ByteDance to sell TikTok to an ...
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The dots connecting TikTok, US Steel and Chinese land buys
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Is TikTok different in China? Here's what to know: Critics of TikTok have pointed to an allegedly tamer version in China.
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Is TikTok different in China? Here's what to know
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Meituan’s Revenue Beats Estimates After Staving Off ByteDance: Meituan’s quarterly revenue climbed 23%, a sign that it’s making headway in efforts to fend off a ...
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Meituan’s Revenue Beats Estimates After Staving Off ByteDance
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FTC investigating TikTok over privacy and security: The Federal Trade Commission is investigating TikTok for its data and security practices ...
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FTC investigating TikTok over privacy and security
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Young Chinese from loveless families find solace in ‘digital parents’ who treat them like their own, showing care, sharing daily activities online
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Young Chinese from loveless families find solace in ‘digital parents’ who ...
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With TikTok, China has dangerous power over Americans. We must take it on | Opinion
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With TikTok, China has dangerous power over Americans. We must take it on ...
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CX Daily: ByteDance Holds Firm Against Selling TikTok Despite U.S. Ban Threat - mailchi.mp/caixin/cx-daily-june-9-asias-ruined-run-of-pandemic-success-279492
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Kuaishou reports first annual profit, MAUs break 700 million milestone: Kuaishou finally achieved a yearly profit in 2023, driven by the short video app’s ...
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Kuaishou reports first annual profit, MAUs break 700 million milestone
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China Hawk Rep. Mike Gallagher Is Taking A Job At Palantir: The Wisconsin congressman had recently introduced a bill to force TikTok to divest from Chinese ...
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China Hawk Rep. Mike Gallagher Is Taking A Job At Palantir
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Tiktok original: This is how the Chinese Douyin app works: A ban on Tiktok has been discussed in the USA for months. The app is a stripped down version of ...
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Tiktok original: This is how the Chinese Douyin app works
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TikTok's Chinese Version Douyin Is Viewable on US Web Browsers (for Now): As a possible TikTok ban looms, Douyin can be accessed from the US on some devices ...
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TikTok's Chinese Version Douyin Is Viewable on US Web Browsers (for Now)
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China Urges US to Stop ‘Unreasonably Suppressing’ TikTok: China called on the US to stop “unreasonably suppressing” TikTok, as the app used by 170 million ...
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China Urges US to Stop ‘Unreasonably Suppressing’ TikTok
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Biden says he’ll sign TikTok crackdown Bill, Trump raises concerns: The proposed legislation gives China’s ByteDance about 6 months to divest the popular video ...
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Biden says he’ll sign TikTok crackdown Bill, Trump raises concerns
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Which were the most used apps during Lunar New Year? Familiar names like Tencent and ByteDance dominated top 5
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Which were the most used apps during Lunar New Year? Familiar names like ...
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China makeup artist recreates youth, takes years off actor, 57, transforms ordinary women into cover girls, becomes smash hit online
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China makeup artist recreates youth, takes years off actor, 57 ...
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Tourist in China told to clean toilet 'for the next guest' after Airbnb stay or risk losing $940 deposit
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Tourist in China told to clean toilet 'for the next guest' after ...
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TikTok is taking talk of a ban seriously. Here's why it's in a bind.: There's no downside for a politician to call for a TikTok ban. But there's significant risk ...
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TikTok is taking talk of a ban seriously. Here's why it's in a bind.
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Chinese Streamer Earns Rs 155 Crore In One Week With Spending Only 3 Seconds On Each Product
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Chinese Streamer Earns Rs 155 Crore In One Week With Spending Only 3 ...
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ByteDance CEO berates staff for reacting too slowly to ChatGPT, new tech trends: The chief executive of ByteDance, owner of TikTok and its mainland sibling ...
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ByteDance CEO berates staff for reacting too slowly to ChatGPT ...
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Douyin joins low-price competition against e-commerce peers: TikTok sibling Douyin is pushing “price competitiveness” as a priority task for its e-commerce ...
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Douyin joins low-price competition against e-commerce peers
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China's TikTok users face punishment under points system: Authorities in Beijing have introduced a rating system for China's version of TikTok, Douyin ...
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China's TikTok users face punishment under points system
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5 crazy antics like eating a shark, a staged kidnap, promoting beauty product with a grimace that saw online influencers go over the top in 2023
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5 crazy antics like eating a shark, a staged kidnap, promoting beauty ...
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Passenger breaks promise to compensate driver who returned phone, so he drives off to police station 18km away
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Passenger breaks promise to compensate driver who returned phone ...
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How SuperOrdinary is bringing live shopping to the US from China: After years working with brands on live shopping in China, SuperOrdinary hopes to replicate its ...
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How SuperOrdinary is bringing live shopping to the US from China
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Chinese migrants using Chinese TikTok guides to cross US border: CBS: Chinese migrants entering the US through a gap in a border fence told 60 Minutes that they ...
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Chinese migrants using Chinese TikTok guides to cross US border: CBS
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Douyin Make-up: Das hat es mit dem viralen Beauty-Trend auf sich: Bereits seit geraumer Zeit trendet Douyin Make-up auf TikTok und Co. Aber was genau hat es ...
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Douyin Make-up: Das hat es mit dem viralen Beauty-Trend auf sich
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ByteDance’s PICO vice president resigns to lead cross-border e-commerce startup: Ren Lifeng, the vice president of ByteDance's VR subsidiary PICO ...
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ByteDance’s PICO vice president resigns to lead cross-border e-commerce ...
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Tencent’s Honor of Kings to resume livestreaming on ByteDance’s Douyin after five-year ban: report
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Tencent’s Honor of Kings to resume livestreaming on ByteDance’s Douyin ...
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University student gives house tour of condo with $8,500 rent, sparks online discussion
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‘Heart-wrenching’: Boy in China gazes at dumplings made by late mother, retreats to room after father says they are last ones, moves netizens to tears
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‘Heart-wrenching’: Boy in China gazes at dumplings made by late mother ...
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Research Links TikTok Use to Pro-China Views: Users of Douyin, the Chinese-language edition of TikTok, have reported more favorable views of China ...
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Research Links TikTok Use to Pro-China Views
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After TikTok-owner ByteDance cuts the fat to focus on fundamentals, social commerce challenges and US election loom
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After TikTok-owner ByteDance cuts the fat to focus on fundamentals ...
Quick Glance: ByteDance Focuses on Core Business Amid Challenges
  • ByteDance has retreated from promising sectors like gaming and VR, now facing challenges in social commerce and content moderation.

  • Nuverse, ByteDance’s gaming studio, is shutting down most projects and selling rights to at least two titles.

  • The company struggles to diversify revenue sources, with less than one percent of its revenue coming from the video games business.

  • The CEO emphasized the need to focus on the core business, including the information platform and e-commerce, hinting at possible cost-cutting and job reductions.
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‘Love brain’: Confused man, 83, who travelled 800km to marry online influencer, 45, after seeing her video has hopes dashed by police
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‘Love brain’: Confused man, 83, who travelled 800km to marry online ...
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My starring role in a video with English subtitles that made no sense at all: The social media platform has about 600 million daily active users ...
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My starring role in a video with English subtitles that made no sense at ...
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She was kidnapped when she was four and a half years old. Read more: sc.mp/h22m #china #society #viral #scmpnews #scmp
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With white-collar jobs hard to come by in China, more and more young graduates are taking jobs as street vendors. They share their experiences on Douyin ... Show more
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TikTok's Chinese Owner Stole ChatGPT Secrets To Make Copycat AI—Report: ByteDance's ChatGPT account was suspended pending an investigation into the Chinese ...
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TikTok's Chinese Owner Stole ChatGPT Secrets To Make Copycat AI—Report
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MCMC records 24-fold increase in harmful social media content: KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) statistics show a drastic ...
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MCMC records 24-fold increase in harmful social media content
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Douyin make-up: This is what the new beauty trend looks like: Forget K-beauty, this Chinese makeup trend is already gaining popularity on TikTok ...
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Douyin make-up: This is what the new beauty trend looks like
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Banning TikTok: Social media app takes center stage at GOP debate: Multiple candidates said they would ban the video app.
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Banning TikTok: Social media app takes center stage at GOP debate
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‘He smacked himself’: Squeaky-clean China influencer with three million followers loses 600,000 fans in week over ‘money-making’ comments
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‘He smacked himself’: Squeaky-clean China influencer with three million ...
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SGH argument video: Han Feizi given more charges for allegedly working as hostess
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SGH argument video: Han Feizi given more charges for allegedly working as ...
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Chinese Live Streamer Racks Up $18 Million in Just One Week with 3-Second Product Showcases
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Chinese Live Streamer Racks Up $18 Million in Just One Week with 3-Second ...
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Deciphering Douyin users: who’s really using China’s TikTok sibling?: The huge growth of Douyin (TikTok’s China sibling) has led to an increasing number of ...
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Deciphering Douyin users: who’s really using China’s TikTok sibling?
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Douyin tests pay-to-watch feature as it explores revenue diversification: Douyin has initiated trials for a pay-to-watch feature as the short video platform ...
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Douyin tests pay-to-watch feature as it explores revenue diversification
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Nepal to ban TikTok, alleges damaging social impact: TikTok has already been either partially or completely banned by other countries, with many citing security ...
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Nepal to ban TikTok, alleges damaging social impact
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Alibaba banks on aggressive Singles Day pricing to recoup sales mojo: China’s Alibaba is pressuring merchants to offer rock-bottom prices on its marketplaces in ...
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Alibaba banks on aggressive Singles Day pricing to recoup sales mojo
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Douyin racks up $274 billion in e-commerce sales in the first ten months of 2023: TikTok sibling Douyin has reportedly sold nearly RMB 2 trillion ($274 ...
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Douyin racks up $274 billion in e-commerce sales in the first ten months ...
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‘How can he be so angry?’: Shock online as violent China student strangles teacher who confiscated mobile phone
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‘How can he be so angry?’: Shock online as violent China student strangles ...
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Utah sues TikTok over child safety issues and its links to China: Utah has sued TikTok over child safety issues and the company's China-based ownership.
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Utah sues TikTok over child safety issues and its links to China
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Top Chinese chain absent from Meituan’s Dianping amid Douyin rivalry: Taier Sauerkraut Fish, a well-known restaurant chain specializing in Chinese-style fish ...
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Top Chinese chain absent from Meituan’s Dianping amid Douyin rivalry
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TikTok exec says he’s ‘not an expert’ in Chinese law behind security concerns: TikTok executives faced off on with Canadian MPs who have concerns that data from ...
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TikTok exec says he’s ‘not an expert’ in Chinese law behind security ...
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'He doesn't even have to go to work anymore': AI version of Calvin Chen on sales livestream baffles netizens
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'He doesn't even have to go to work anymore': AI version of ...
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'Did she also come to see the new Chanel releases?' Fan runs into Maggie Cheung in Paris
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 'Did she also come to see the new Chanel releases?' Fan runs ...
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‘Too ugly to look at’: US$11,000 fairy statue made by rural artists at China scenic spot mocked online for ‘aesthetic defects’
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‘Too ugly to look at’: US$11,000 fairy statue made by rural artists at ...
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Watch | #VivekRamaswamy engaged in a heated debate with #NikkiHaley over #China and #TikTok during the second GOP debate in California.
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Marco Ngai sheds 30kg after harsh criticism, regains dashing appearance: There's nothing like public pressure for a celebrity. In April ...
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Marco Ngai sheds 30kg after harsh criticism, regains dashing appearance
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E-Commerce Platforms Must Prioritize the Consumer-Influencer Relationship: In China, content-based platforms are generating a growing proportion of e-commerce ...
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E-Commerce Platforms Must Prioritize the Consumer-Influencer Relationship
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Factory strikes flare up in China as economic woes deepen: NEW YORK -- A flurry of worker protest videos have surfaced on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok ...
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Factory strikes flare up in China as economic woes deepen
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The Chinese Obsession with Ukrainian Wives: Since the Ukrainian invasion, jokes about “sheltering homeless Ukrainian girls” have proliferated on Chinese social ...
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The Chinese Obsession with Ukrainian Wives
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Tencent, Douyin press play on esports ahead of Asian Games: GUANGZHOU -- From backing teams to subsidizing new venues, China's public and private sectors ...
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Tencent, Douyin press play on esports ahead of Asian Games
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Barbie Hsu sues ex-husband Wang Xiaofei and his mother for defamation: Taiwanese actress-host Barbie Hsu is suing her ex-husband, Chinese businessman Wang ...
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Barbie Hsu sues ex-husband Wang Xiaofei and his mother for defamation
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Douyin establishes entertainment-oriented unit aimed at diversifying revenue growth
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Douyin establishes entertainment-oriented unit aimed at diversifying ...
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Moo-ved out: China flat owner removes 7 cows from balcony following complaints: You can take the villagers out from their village, but you can't take the ...
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Moo-ved out: China flat owner removes 7 cows from balcony following ...
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'So shameless': Woman in China dumps leftover food into stranger's hotpot
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'So shameless': Woman in China dumps leftover food into ...