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2015
As of December 2015, mainland China’s social media population reached 530 million, amounting to 77% of its total Internet users (according to CINNIC in 2016) -
2016
ByteDance launched Douyin（抖音） for the China market in September 2016 -
2017
With over 1 billion product listings as of 2016, the combined transaction volume of Taobao Marketplace and Tmall.com reached 3 trillion yuan in 2017, more than that of all US retailers and e-commerce sites combined. On singles Day (Nov.11th), Tmall and Taobao sold goods worth of 168.2 billion yuan in 24 hours. -
2018
Dolce & Gabbana founders ask Chinese people for forgiveness after ‘racist outburst’ -
2018
Tencent announced in an official online forum it will shut down QQ Pets(a 13-year-old game in China) on September 15 2018. -
2019
Huawei ban