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China’s withering cities through the lens of Chen Ronghui
The portraits in Chen’s series “Freezing Land” feature people he discovered on Kuaishou, a popular Chinese video app with millions of users mostly in third and fourth-tier cities. The project is an examination of Chinese cities on the verge of vanishing.
May 2, 2023 Source: The China Project
Two billion eyes and a billion wallets: Short video ecommerce is thriving in China
TikTok’s potential death throes in DC were live streamed across the world last week, but China’s domestic short video platform ecosystem is in rude health, buffed up by live streaming ecommerce.
March 31, 2023 Source: The China Project
Benefits for rank and file staff, and salary cuts for executives at ecommerce giant JD.com
China’s second biggest ecommerce platform, JD.com, is lowering compensation for top managers and creating an enormous benefits package for regular staff in an apparent bid to align itself with government policies. But the move will only add uncertainty to the prospects for tech firms in China, and around the world.
November 22, 2022 Source: The China Project
‘Suffer a crushing defeat’ — phrase of the week
Tech firms are laying off thousands of employees, but they are still hiring for their international businesses. However, entering overseas markets doesn’t always work out, and can lead to some spectacular failures.
April 8, 2022 Source: The China Project
ByteDance shortens work hours and Kuaishou loses its CEO
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November 2, 2021 Source: The China Project
China steps up antitrust campaign with new draft rules targeting internet companies
China’s State Administration for Market Regulation published a set of draft regulations on internet companies that was remarkable for its detailed list of prohibited behaviors.
August 17, 2021 Source: The China Project
ByteDance finally reads the room and cancels six-day work weeks
ByteDance, the hard-charging Chinese tech giant that created TikTok, has ended an overtime policy after a month of dithering, and after one of its biggest rivals took concrete steps to end its corporate culture of overwork.
July 9, 2021 Source: The China Project
Kuaishou shows ByteDance that fighting overwork isn’t that hard
One of China’s biggest video apps, Kuaishou, once installed sensors in toilets to monitor how long employees took in the bathroom. Now the company has put an end to six day work weeks for tech staff, shortly after ByteDance — which owns China’s dominant short video platform — decided to continue the practice.
June 24, 2021 Source: The China Project
Kuaishou reaches $159 billion valuation after largest tech IPO since Uber
Chinese short-video giant Kuaishou made a splashy IPO in Hong Kong, reaching a valuation close to its larger competitor, Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. Will Douyin’s parent company, ByteDance, follow and also list its short-video product in Hong Kong?
February 5, 2021 Source: The China Project
Kuaishou copyright dispute escalates ahead of Hong Kong IPO
China’s second most famous video app after TikTok / Douyin might have to take down music or pay hefty copyright fees ahead of its planned listing.
February 1, 2021 Source: The China Project
More Than Just TikTok, What you Should Know about Chinese Short Video Apps
While Douyin and its international subsidiary, TikTok, get most of the headlines, China’s short-form video app universe is more competitive than most people in the West realize. Here’s the low-down from Ping Pong Digital, the authorities on China’s digital ecosystem.
February 1, 2021 Source: The China Project
Tech companies prepare for jumbo IPO season in Hong Kong and Shanghai
Chinese tech companies are raring to go in 2021, with two companies aiming to IPO, and five planning secondary listings in China.
January 15, 2021 Source: The China Project
Kuaishou, China’s other TikTok, files for IPO in Hong Kong
TikTok may be in choppy waters in the U.S., but its Chinese version and two major competitors are thriving and hungry for cash to expand.
November 6, 2020 Source: The China Project
Videos of binge-eating humans banned in China, now people are forcing their pets to do it
As part of China’s national campaign to curb food waste, people are now forbidden to share videos of themselves consuming absurd amounts of food on social media. But some pet owners have taken advantage of the situation to popularize a disturbing genre of viral videos: animals overeating.
September 11, 2020 Source: The China Project
A Kuaishou vlogger tried to get an old Russian man to drink himself to death
A Kuaishou vlogger tried to get an old Russian man to drink himself to death
August 20, 2019 Source: The China Project
Meet rural China’s viral online celebrities
While short videos have become a craze in China, it wasn’t until recently that I embraced this guilty pleasure: watching homemade skits on Kuaishou 快手…
June 12, 2018 Source: The China Project
Kuaishou takes down hundreds of videos featuring teen moms
Kuaishou takes down hundreds of videos featuring teen moms
April 3, 2018 Source: The China Project
Chinese livestreamers flock to Kuaishou to show off their talents
Kuaishou, a fast-growing Chinese livestreaming app, offers millions of ordinary Chinese a platform to show off their talents to the world. One of its channels…
January 19, 2018 Source: The China Project