Zheping Huang

Blizzard owner Microsoft may add NetEase games to Xbox Major online games have been out of China for more than a year

ByteDance Ltd.’s profit surged roughly 60% in 2023, outpacing the growth of online peers Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. in a sign of the TikTok owner’s resilience in the face of an economic downturn.

After Blizzard ended its relationship with NetEase last year, the Chinese game developer livestreamed the demolition of a Warcraft statue on its campus.

In March, the US House of Representatives passed a bill to ban TikTok in the US unless ByteDance sells its prized asset, though the measure faces a less certain outcome in the Senate. In March, the US House of Representatives passed a bill to ban TikTok in the US unless ByteDance sells its prized asset, though the measure faces a less certain outcome in the Senate.

TikTok told employees it will fight in the courts if a US bill forcing a ban or divestiture of the Chinese-owned app is signed into law, as one of the world’s most valuable technology businesses tries to fend off an existential crisis in its most important market.

TikTok told employees it will fight in the courts if a US bill forcing a ban or divestiture of the Chinese-owned app is signed into law, as one of the world's most valuable technology businesses tries to fend off an existential crisis in its most important market.

It’s a ‘clear violation’ of First Amendment rights of 170m American users.

Four years ago, when the Trump administration threatened to ban TikTok in the US, its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. worked out a preliminary deal to sell the short video app’s business. Not this time.

Hace cuatro años, cuando el Gobierno de Donald Trump amenazó con prohibir TikTok en Estados Unidos, su matriz, la empresa china ByteDance Ltd., llegó a un acuerdo preliminar para vender la aplicación de videos cortos. No esta vez.

Four years ago, when the Trump administration threatened to ban TikTok in the U.S., its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. worked out a preliminary deal to sell the short video app's business. Not this time.