WeChat bets on short video feature Channels, but can it take on Douyin?


By Iris DengYujie Xue

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For years, short video in China has been synonymous with two major names: Douyin, the Chinese version of ByteDance’s TikTok, and Tencent-backed Kuaishou.

But in less than six months this year, a new challenger – albeit under a familiar name – has been steadily accumulating millions of users.

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