Chinese game live streaming IPO shows speed of development in the industry
Last Friday, Huya, the game streaming arm of YY, raised $180 million with its initial public offering on the New York…
Tencent and Baidu make strides into already-crowded short video market
Kuaishou and Douyin may currently be among the frontrunners in China’s short video streaming industry, but new entrant…
China removes 370 live-streaming apps, cracks down on online games
On April 17, 2018, local media reported that China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism had inspected over 4,900…
Alibaba acquires stake in Wanda Film as the entertainment conglomerate scales back on debt
Yesterday, real estate and entertainment conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group announced (in Chinese) that it had sold a…
A mobile game about a traveling frog becomes surprise hit in China
Travel Frog, or Tabi Kaeru, a Japanese mobile game about rearing a pet frog and supplying him with equipment to travel,…