A security guard attempts to stop a photographer in front of the ByteDance headquarters building in Beijing, China, 03 August 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE
A security guard attempts to stop a photographer in front of the ByteDance headquarters building in Beijing, China, 03 August 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE

Inside China Tech: 2021 starts where 2020 ended – tensions and tiffs

  • TikTok owner ByteDance has accused Tencent Holdings of blocking its cloud office suite Feishu on WeChat
  • China is planning to realign hundreds of ‘state key laboratories’ with the country’s technology priorities and boost spending on fundamental science research

A security guard attempts to stop a photographer in front of the ByteDance headquarters building in Beijing, China, 03 August 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE
A security guard attempts to stop a photographer in front of the ByteDance headquarters building in Beijing, China, 03 August 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE
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