New AI models launched by China's biggest players underscore how the country's companies are keeping up with the U.S.

Latin American downloads of the top 20 short-drama apps have increased by roughly 402% year-on-year in 2025, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. That's on top of a 4,300% year-on-year ...

ByteDance, owner of popular short-video app TikTok and its Chinese sibling Douyin, has launched a short-drama app in Southeast Asia in an attempt to replicate the genre's success at home. Melolo, ...

One of China’s most popular short-video and streaming platforms was flooded with porn and violent content earlier this week, sparking outrage and bafflement in a nation where the internet is tightly ...

Kuaishou expects the new model's abilities to drive its adoption by filmmakers, production studios, advertisers and influencers Chinese short video platform Kuaishou on Monday launched a new ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Social media is abuzz with speculation about the comeback of Chinese short-video platform TikTok after its official website became accessible in India following over five years of ban. However, ...