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Meituan launches 30-minute delivery services for home appliances in China in Midea deal

Chinese food delivery giant Meituan has partnered with Midea, one of the world’s largest home appliances makers, to enable app…

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Alibaba revenue edges up to US$33.5 billion but misses estimates in second quarter

Alibaba Group Holding saw revenue grow 4 per cent in the second quarter, missing estimates, as the e-commerce giant navigates…

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Tencent super app WeChat strikes fine balance as everyday tool and public-service platform

Super app WeChat, operated by video gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings, continues to strike a delicate balancing act…

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China’s booming ‘panda economy’ is black, white and spreading all over

When Spanish tourist Maxim Gomez arrived in China on his first visit, the 24-year-old had one destination in mind: the…

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TikTok owner ByteDance revs up nascent market for Sora-style services with Jimeng AI app

A screenshot of sample videos generated by ByteDance’s Jimeng artificial intelligence service from a mainland app store. Photo: SCMP The…

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Tencent beefs up range of content on super app WeChat by adding breaking news alerts

According to screenshots cited in the reports, some WeChat users received breaking news alerts on weather, finance, politics and the…

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China approves 487 deepfake algorithms from the likes of Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent

The new list from the internet watchdog Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) is the second-largest since the regulation came into…

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China’s leading apps, including WeChat and Taobao, test proposed national cyber ID system

Chinese internet users can apply for a virtual ID, according to the regulation, “on a voluntary basis” to verify their…

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Alibaba’s Taobao and ByteDance’s Douyin seek e-commerce price war detente with new policies

Two of China’s leading e-commerce platform operators, Alibaba Group Holding and TikTok owner ByteDance, have started to adjust their focus…

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China’s Xiaohongshu carves out a niche in an increasingly crowded e-commerce market

Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, the Instagram-style app where young consumers to share lifestyle tips, is seeking to become a…

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