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Chinese Tech Giants Tencent and Douyin New Partnership Possibly Facilitated by the CCP

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The Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, on May 26, 2021. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images
Jessica Mao
By Jessica Mao
4/13/2023Updated: 4/13/2023
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The announcement of the partnership between Tencent and Douyin, the Chinese counterpart of TikTok, on April 7 sparked immediate concern in the market. As competitors in short and long video hosting services in China, Douyin and Tencent have been in court several times over copyright issues, leading to lengthy litigation. Some believe the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is behind this sudden partnership announcement.

The two platforms will cooperate on the joint promotion of short and long videos and the creation of short video content. Tencent will license Douyin, owned by ByteDance, its long videos with network broadcasting rights and sublicensing rights. In addition, Tencent and Douyin explicitly stipulated publication rules for short video content.

Jessica Mao
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Jessica Mao is a writer for The Epoch Times with a focus on China-related topics. She began writing for the Chinese-language edition in 2009.
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