"Competition in AI video generation models is at an earlier stage, and some Chinese companies have emerged as early leaders in this space," said Wei Xiong, China internet analyst at UBS Securities.

Aleksandra Antonenko takes short videos at Yuyuan Garden shopping mall in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 6, 2026. Aleksandra Antonenko moved from Russia to pursue her doctorate at Shanghai Jiao Tong ...

Kuaishou’s text-to-video model Kling introduces new short video generation feature, results go viral in China. Credit: Kuaishou Chinese short video platform Kuaishou unveiled three AI-generated sci-fi ...

Participants wear Republic of Korea Armed Forces uniforms while taking part in a role-playing activity in this video from Chinese short-video platform Douyin. [SCREEN CAPTURE] Chinese social media ...

With micro-short dramas, however, the content has traversed these traditional markets to reach even North America, marking a ...

Short dramas, mini-games and AI-generated clips are emerging as the new growth engines of China’s short-video economy, offering platforms and advertisers steadier returns than the livestreaming boom ...

Artsy film critics are unlikely to be impressed by China’s micro-dramas. Even so, the roughly two-minute episodes, which cram soap-opera plots into a short-video format, are wildly popular. Watched ...

Apple is testing Douyin Pay support for the App Store in China, according to the South China Morning Post. Douyin Pay launched in January 2021 as a payment feature within Douyin, ByteDance's Chinese ...