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What drives digital storytelling? Examine content creation, distribution channels, and media platforms connecting audiences worldwide.

Content

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

Who thrives in a digitally democratized landscape? Discover how independent creators, influencers, and educators monetize content and expertise.

Creator Economy

What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

Video

China

Movies by female directors are breaking through an industry slump and anti-feminist backlash.

Chinese women's market power brings their stories to the big screen

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Chinese women&#8217;s market power brings their stories to the big screen

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

Founded by six young entrepreneurs, Shuai Shuai Fireworks defied expectations with sales exceeding RMB 10 million in its first year.

Six Gen Z founders are reinventing China’s century-old fireworks trade

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

The two snack retailers are racing toward IPOs with Mixue-like expansion, but lack its supply chain discipline and margin control.

For Wancheng and Busy Ming, Mixue’s success is both a blueprint and a cautionary tale

ByteDance, a Chinese internet company, uses machine learning to recommend engaging videos, news, and social content (via TikTok and Douyin).

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China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, showcases locally popular short videos, influencer content, and creative challenges optimized for China’s market.

Douyin

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

Douyin removes 8,000 videos after latest copyright infringement lawsuit from Tencent. The companies have a history of wrangling over intellectual property.

Douyin removes 8,000 videos after latest copyright infringement lawsuit from Tencent

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Jiaxing Li

Kuaishou, best known for its short video platform, drives user-generated content, influencer marketing, and community engagement through shareable clips.

Kuaishou

TikTok hosts short-form videos spanning entertainment, education, and branded content, capturing global audiences and driving cultural trends.

TikTok

A Cyberspace Administration of China investment vehicle, as well as two other state agencies, invested USD 308,770 in April for a 1% stake in ByteDance.

Chinese government builds stake in unit of TikTok-owner ByteDance

ByteDance seeks 8000 new hires in its largest campus recruitment campaign. The app factory is stepping up recruitment after its edtech arm was obliterated.

ByteDance seeks 8,000 new hires in its largest campus recruitment campaign

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Mengyuan Ge

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

Tencent wins copyright infringement case against Douyin. ByteDance has lost another court case against Tencent for hosting videos involving Honor of Kings.

Tencent wins copyright infringement case against Douyin

TikTok, launched in 2017, has since overtaken Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook messenger in downloads, even in the US.

TikTok overtakes Facebook as world's most downloaded app

TikTok overtakes Facebook as world&#8217;s most downloaded app

WeChat, Tencent’s superapp, combines messaging, social media, mobile payments, and mini-programs, streamlining daily tasks for over a billion users.

WeChat

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

China’s tech giants have started a new proxy war in the food and beverage industry.

Tencent and ByteDance fight for a seat at the dinner table (Part 2 of 2)

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Lin Lingyi

Tencent and ByteDance fight for a seat at the dinner table (Part 1 of 2)

What drives digital education adoption? Analyze e-learning apps, AI-driven assessments, and tools enhancing student engagement.

Edtech

How does learning transcend classrooms? Investigate online courses, adaptive learning tools, and global educational platforms.

Education

ByteDance slashes edtech headcount as regulators curtail private tutoring. Thousands of employees of Dali Education are being laid off.

ByteDance slashes edtech headcount as regulators curtail private tutoring

NetEase, a Chinese Internet services firm, offers online gaming, music streaming, and e-commerce platforms, engaging millions of digital users.

NetEase

What sets the world’s soundtrack? Follow streaming royalties, label strategies, and genre shifts guiding the global music industry’s rhythm.

Music

Stripped of exclusive music rights, TME’s star fades as ByteDance and NetEase eye center stage. Tencents music arm has problems beyond antitrust matters.

Stripped of exclusive music rights, TME’s star fades as ByteDance and NetEase eye center stage

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