The Tiktokification of video streaming is just the latest trend upending entertainment

Here’s our take on what’s to come in the next 12 months from gamified music apps to PlayStation games made and designed in China

ByteDance’s music streaming app lets users create their own videos and share lyrics, and it’s already available in India and Indonesia

Tencent’s all-purpose app will allow searches for online stores, stocks and medical information to challenge Baidu

The Chinese giant behind WeChat is quietly trialling a revamped version of Pengyou as it faces competition from ByteDance and others for teenage users

It’s illegal to collect data from kids under 13 without parental consent in the US, which landed TikTok in hot water earlier this year

Both TikTok and the Chinese version called Douyin find themselves at the center of controversy related to detention camps in Xinjiang

TikTok's popularity has attracted scrutiny from the US government, which is concerned about the short-video app's ownership by China-based ByteDance. 

ByteDance criticized for content disrespectful to Communist heroes

Tencent bought up exclusive rights to some of the biggest names in music, forcing competitors like NetEase to sublicense

Software companies have tried and failed to sell handsets, but the Chinese giant might have bigger plans