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The social media platform WeChat is owned by China's Tencent, which is competing with rivals Alibaba and Baidu for control of the Chinese internet market.

Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent are increasingly looking to gain advantage over one another within China as they also challenge U.S. companies globally.

Chinese Internet Companies Sharpen Their Competition at Home to Better Compete Abroad

Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent are looking to gain an advantage over one another on the internet in China as they also challenge U.S. companies globally.

Chinese Internet Companies Sharpen Competition at Home

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China in Transition

Chinese e-commerce startup Pinduoduo is seeking between $16 and $19 per share in its upcoming initial public offering on the Nasdaq stock market, according to its latest U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing on July 16. At the upper end of that range, Pinduoduo would gather $1.63 billion in funding from the IPO and would see a valuation at about $24 billion. Pinduoduo is one of China's rising e-commerce companies, and major stakeholder Tencent hopes it can leverage it in its competition against rival Alibaba.

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Chinese Internet Companies Sharpen Their Competition at Home to Better Compete Abroad

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