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China’s tax agency cracks down on influencers, online merchants amid shrinking revenue

China’s tax authority on Friday published a draft regulation that would require the operators of e-commerce, short-video and social media…

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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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Exclusive | Live-streaming here to stay as Chinese travel business almost ‘fully recovers’ from Covid-19, Trip.com co-founder says

When China’s coronavirus cases stabilised in March and domestic tourism began to resume, Trip.com Group’s co-founder and executive chairman James…

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China’s top live-streaming influencer Dong Yuhui departs East Buy to pursue own venture

The 31-year-old Dong, a former teacher who gained fame and wealth in China’s live-streaming e-commerce sector, left his employer because…

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Meet Kim Leitzes, the US-born female entrepreneur behind Chinese influencer marketplace Parklu

As a teenager in Austin, Texas, Leitzes interned at a software start-up where the CEO encouraged her to try to…

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Smartisan founder Luo Yonghao apologises for fake Pierre Cardin wool jumpers sold on his live stream

Chinese tech founder and live-streamer Luo Yonghao has apologised for selling Pierre Cardin branded wool jumpers in a live stream…

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Kuaishou IPO: how newest millennial billionaires built the biggest rival to China’s TikTok

Kuaishou co-founders Su Hua and Cheng Yixiao are set to become two of China’s richest millennials following a US$5 billion…

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