by Ekrem Duman | Jul 20, 2026 | Chinese Tech Giants, Startup
Home›Startup›China Company Stories›Chinese Tech Giants›Kuaishou: The Short Video Platform Beyond the Cities ⚡ TL;DRKuaishou built China’s other major short video platform with roots in smaller cities and rural areas, cultivating a...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 20, 2026 | Chinese Tech Giants, Startup
Home›Startup›China Company Stories›Chinese Tech Giants›Didi: The Ride-Hailing Giant That Beat Uber ⚡ TL;DRDidi won China’s ride-hailing market through a brutal subsidy war that ended when it acquired Uber’s China operations,...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 17, 2026 | Chinese Tech Giants, Startup
Home›Startup›China Company Stories›Chinese Tech Giants›BAT Explained: Alibaba vs Tencent vs Baidu ⚡ TL;DRFor years ‘BAT’ — Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent — was shorthand for China’s untouchable internet trio. But their fortunes...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 17, 2026 | Chinese Tech Giants, Startup
Home›Startup›China Company Stories›Chinese Tech Giants›Baidu: From China’s Search Leader to an AI-First Company ⚡ TL;DRBaidu became China’s dominant search engine after Google’s 2010 exit, but it missed the shift to mobile...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 17, 2026 | Chinese Tech Giants, Startup
Home›Startup›China Company Stories›Chinese Tech Giants›ByteDance: The Algorithm Company Behind TikTok ⚡ TL;DRByteDance, founded in 2012 by Zhang Yiming, built its empire on recommendation algorithms rather than social graphs. Its products —...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 17, 2026 | Chinese Tech Giants, Startup
Home›Startup›China Company Stories›Chinese Tech Giants›Tencent and WeChat: The Super-App That Runs China ⚡ TL;DRTencent grew from the QQ desktop messenger (1998) into China’s dominant social and gaming company. Its crown jewel,...