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- Tencent Holdings is closing down its 10-year-old online education platform with more than 400 million users, as the Chinese video gaming and social media giant continues to cut noncore operations.
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Jul 26, 2021 · The announcement comes as Chinese authorities are cracking down on a wide range of online services from ride-hailing app Didi to Tencent's music streaming platforms.
May 31, 2021 · China is escalating a crackdown on its online education sector, forcing once high-flying startups to mothball plans for multi-billion-dollar initial public offerings this year.
Shuttering the 10-year-old online education platform with more than 400 million users shows Tencent’s focus on its cost-cutting strategy.
Mar 31, 2020 · Chinese online education platform Yuanfudao said on Tuesday it has raised $1 billion in a new financing round, led by Tencent Holdings and private equity firm Hillhouse Capital Group.
Aug 7, 2021 · Tencent Holdings-backed (0700.HK) Chinese education firm VIPKid said on Saturday it would stop selling classes taught by foreign-based tutors to students in China with immediate effect to...
Apr 13, 2021 · Another two major players in the AI-assisted art tutoring space are the Tencent-backed Chinese online art education platform Meishubao Education who has so far raised over US$306 million in seven rounds of financing, and 61draw.com whose investors include TAL Education Group.