Kuaishou’s top e-commerce influencer accuses platform of unfair treatment in rare public spat

The top influencer on Kuaishou Technology, China’s No 2 short video platform, has complained about being unfairly treated in a rare open spat between a live streaming star and a major internet platform. Xin Youzhi, widely known as Xinba, or The Lion King’s Simba in English, has stopped updating his social media since Saturday, when … Read more

Which were the most used apps during Lunar New Year? Familiar names like Tencent and ByteDance dominated top 5

The most used apps in China during the Lunar New Year holiday were familiar domestic social media and content platforms that have dominated the market for the past decade, according to government data. Among the apps that used the most cellular data during the nine-day holiday were Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok owned by … Read more

ByteDance rival Kuaishou sharpens focus on fast-growing real-estate video content with new round of restructuring

Kuaishou Technology, operator of one of China’s most popular short video apps, is planning a new round of business reorganisation, according to Chinese media outlet Jiemian, as the Beijing-based firm accelerates its monetisation push after swinging back to profit. The company is looking to change department leadership and restructure some of its current businesses to … Read more

Online housing sales festival kicks off as live-streamer Kuaishou aims to boost demand amid market slump

Kuaishou Technology, China’s second-largest short video platform after ByteDance’s Douyin, has launched an “online festival” to encourage home sales amid a deep property market slump in the country. The one-month campaign, called “national home-buying season”, started on Wednesday and will run through January 5, during which the platform will promote star agents, bargain prices and … Read more