TikTok is known in China as Douyin (literal meaning: “shaking sound”). Owned by Bytedance, China’s fourth internet giant outside the BAT group (Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent), Douyin is becoming a ...

Last month, I was scrolling through my feed on Douyin, the version of TikTok accessible on the Chinese mainland, when I came across a “Top 10 Douyin Songs of 2021” compilation. Produced by a music ...