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TikTok rival Likee reaches 150M monthly users worldwide

As TikTok’s fate remains in flux, its smaller rival Likee has been making waves around the world, garnering 150 million monthly active users as of this June.That’s according to the earnin

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Namibia encouraged by China's efforts in finding COVID-19 vaccine: minister

Namibian Health Minister Kalumbi Shangula (R, Front) and Chinese Ambassador to Namibia Zhang Yiming (L, Front) attend a handover ceremony of medical supplies in Windhoek, Namibia, on July 15, 2020.

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ByteDance valuation under huge pressure as TikTok sale nears

As it reached an estimated valuation of $100 billion this year, TikTok’s parent company ByteDance solidified its status as the most valuable startup in private markets. Its success outside China

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Twitter, TikTok held talks about potential combination: WSJ

Twitter Inc found itself at the center of China-U.S. tensions for holding preliminary negotiations about a potential combination with TikTok, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing s

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ByteDance, an algorithm-backed firm with globalization ambitions

VCG Photo When Zhang Yiming founded ByteDance in a four-bedroom apartment in Beijing in 2012, he might not have expected that one day, a short video sharing app his company made would catch he

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In The Spotlight: Zhang Yiming, the geek who dreams of a big world

In September 2014, 31-year-old Zhang Yiming visited Silicon Valley for the first time. At Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, the Chinese rising star in tech, who ha

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Russian foreign ministry: U.S. TikTok move unfair economic competition

U.S. efforts to clamp down on popular short video-sharing app TikTok are an "egregious" example of unfair economic competition for U.S. dominance in the international information space, Russian Fo

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Are media choosing sides in Trump's TikTok drama?

16:31 TikTok, arguably the hottest social media app out there at this moment, has captured the imagination of millions of users worldwide – over 100 million in the U.S.

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Chinese couple's "love story" with mountains

Huang Tongfu and his wife Huang Rixiu rest at the top of an observation building in the Dayao Mountain National Nature Reserve in Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, south Ch

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For you: Why I love TikTok by Bobby Moore

01:04 What is TikTok?TikTok is a social video app that allows users to share brief clips that include lip-syncing, dance, comedy and talent videos. They are normally around 15 seconds

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Global Business Daily: TikTok sale, BP crash, cinema's future

"These headline results have been driven by … the deliberate steps we have taken as we continue to reimagine energy and reinvent BP."That's BP's CEO Bernard Looney, in a statement following the lates

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China urges U.S. not to open 'Pandora's Box': MOFA

China urges the U.S. not to open the "Pandora's Box" and politicize economic issues, said China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Tuesday, responding to the heate

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Global Business: Chinese AI firm sues Apple over Siri, banks suffer

"Our operating environment has changed significantly since the start of the year."Admittedly, that could be anyone in 2020. But it's not, it's Noel Quinn, CEO of HSBC as the bank announced a cliff-ed

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Chinese internet users brand ByteDance CEO a ‘traitor’ as TikTok seeks US buyer

ByteDance is not backing down from its ambitions to become a global technology powerhouse, even as TikTok loses its largest market India and faces insurmountable challenges in the US. But some in Ch

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ByteDance considers relocating TikTok headquarters

.ByteDance, on Monday, said it is considering relocating its headquarters, replying to rumors that the company will move its headquarters to London from Beijing.The company did not confirm London'

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Across China: High altitude, high earnings in Chinese mountain village

Early in the morning, farmers in Yeqiao, a mountain village in Jingning She Autonomous County, east China's Zhejiang Province, are busy packing up fresh tomatoes, gree

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Xinhua Photos of the Day (July 19)

BEIJING, July 19 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua. Armed police officers move sandbags on the embankment in Poyang County, east China's J