Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, foreigners have been leaving China in droves to escape the country’s strict “zero-COVID” restrictions, which had limited people’s domestic and overseas travel for […]
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Back to news homeBlizzard ends 14-year licensing deal with NetEase in China
In a somewhat surprising turn, Blizzard Activision, the California-based gaming publisher behind global hits like World of Warcraft and Overwatch, will be suspending most of its games in China due […]
Metaverse app BUD raises another $37M, plans to launch NFTs
BUD, a nascent app taking a shot at creating a metaverse for Gen Z to play and interact with each other, has raised another round of funding in three months. […]
India to ban over 50 more China-linked apps
India plans to ban an additional 50 apps — including Tencent’s Xriver and NetEase’s Onmyoji Arena — with links to China, the latest in a series of similar moves over […]
PUBG Mobile maker Krafton sues Apple, Google and rival game developer Garena over clones
Krafton, the developer behind PlayUnknown’s Battlegrounds,” and the maker of PUBG MOBILE, last year’s No. 6 top-grossing mobile game on a global basis, is suing the app stores and a […]
Apple Music expands Chinese music reservoir via Tencent deal
Apple Music users around the world will soon have access to more Chinese musicians. Tencent Music Entertainment, the online music subsidiary of Tencent, said Tuesday that “record labels and artists” […]
China roundup: Beijing wants tech giants to shoulder more social responsibilities
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. This […]
China roundup: Alibaba’s sexual assault scandal and more delayed IPOs
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. A […]
China roundup: Games are opium, algorithms need scrutiny
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. The […]
Maestro nets $15 million for its interactive commerce, community and engagement tools for livestreams
Making money on livestreams has never been easier thanks to a suite of tools from the Los Angeles-based startup Maestro, which just nabbed $15 million in financing to grow its […]