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Inside China Tech: 2021 starts where 2020 ended – tensions and tiffs
SCMP Reporters
A security guard attempts to stop a photographer in front of the ByteDance headquarters building in Beijing, China, 03 August 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE
This week ByteDance and Tencent renewed their rivalry with a clash over the inability of users to access the former's enterprise software suite Feishu on WeChat, Beijing made another move to strengthen its science research foundations and speculation mounted over the likely outcome of an anti-monopoly probe into Alibaba Group Holding.
Clash of tech clans
TikTok owner ByteDance has accused Tencent Holdings of blocking its cloud office suite Feishu on WeChat as China's tech giants fight for dominance in the enterprise collaboration market and as Beijing increases scrutiny of monopolistic practices in the tech sector.