“ChinAI #345: A Three-way Race for China’s AI Super-App” by Jeffrey Ding

ByteDance vs. Tencent vs. Alibaba.Featured linksChronicles of the Great AI Battle among ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent — A destiny-changing Conflict Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. Check out the archive of all past issues here & please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all). Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at [email protected] or on Twitter at @jjding99 --- First published: February 2nd, 2026 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-345-a-three-way-race-for-chinas --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.