Such generational divides in music tastes aren’t unusual. What may be surprising is where middle-aged Chinese had first encountered the song: the popular short-video app Douyin. A March search for the ...

TikTok will remain a standalone app in China, where it operates as Douyin and boasts over 300 million monthly active users. You might have even seen Douyin clips floating around before ...

For example: knowledge-based content is extremely popular in China ... ByteDance claimed that Douyin has established itself as the largest knowledge, culture and art platform in China.