The headquarters of Tencent, the parent company of Chinese social media app WeChat, 2020. Photo: AFP
The headquarters of Tencent, the parent company of Chinese social media app WeChat, 2020. Photo: AFP
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Tencent-ByteDance rivalry: Tencent Games takes up top ad spot on China’s TikTok, raising eyebrows

  • Move has surprised some netizens given the turf wars and legal tussles between the two tech rivals in recent years
  • Tencent and ByteDance lead China’s tech industry in terms of user time spent on their products, but the latter has been gaining ground on older rival

The headquarters of Tencent, the parent company of Chinese social media app WeChat, 2020. Photo: AFP
The headquarters of Tencent, the parent company of Chinese social media app WeChat, 2020. Photo: AFP
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