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That pace of expansion underscores the resilience of ByteDance's business at a time Washington is threatening to join India in banning TikTok

The discussions are emerging as Beijing prepares to loosen its grip on the sector and move past a bruising crackdown that's enveloped most every internet sphere for well over a year

Chinese conglomerate Tencent has laid off all of the editorial staff at Fanbyte, an online gaming publication owned by it

Lulu Yilun Chen's book takes a detailed look at the Chinese digital giant's birth, its rise, and market battles

Binny Bansal now holds 1.84% in Flipkart after this deal with Tencent Cloud Europe BV

Bansal holds around 1.84 per cent stake in Flipkart after selling part of his stake to Tencent Cloud Europe BV

Curbs on investment by Chinese investors a major roadblock

Twitch-like Penguin Esports never achieved a substantial market share in China

The HSI surged more than 9 per cent to above the 20,000-point mark

It is rumoured in the Chinese social media platform Weibo that tech giants Alibaba and Tencent employees are expecting around 30 per cent job cuts

Tencent itself has thus far mostly escaped formal regulatory action

Singapore has raised concerns with India about its ban of popular gaming app "Free Fire", owned by technology group Sea Ltd

E-commerce sites operated by China's Tencent Holdings Ltd and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd were added to the US government's latest "notorious markets" list

The US trade agency says they "engage in or facilitate substantial trademark counterfeiting or copyright privacy".

The list identifies 42 online markets and 35 physical markets that are reported to engage in or facilitate substantial trademark counterfeiting or copyright piracy

India has since June 2020 banned some 224 Chinese bans for national security reasons

Tencent Games, the world's largest gaming company with hits like PUBG: Mobile and Arena of Valor, is reportedly planning to acquire Xiaomi's BlackShark Gaming division

Revenue climbed 13% to 142.4 billion yuan, slightly below expectations, and was the slowest quarterly growth since the company went public in 2004

It's also considering making short videos from ByteDance's Douyin - TikTok's Chinese cousin - show up in searches

Regulators slow down nod for new online games; warning against metaverse stocks, too