摘要
NEW WAR OF THE THREE KINGDOMS China Newsweek January 20, 2014 China＇s three IT giants - Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu - have reigned in their own realms separately in the past decade, just like the tale in the Chinese classic： Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Alibaba has focused on E- commerce, Tencent on social networking and Baidu on its search engine. However, the setup changed with the emergence of WeChat, a mobile messag- ing app created by Tencent three years ago. WeChat not only guards its own realm, but also constantly impedes into the territory of the neighboring kingdoms, a situation unaccept- able to Alibaba and Baidu.
NEW WAR OF THE THREE KINGDOMS China Newsweek January 20, 2014 China＇s three IT giants - Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu - have reigned in their own realms separately in the past decade, just like the tale in the Chinese classic： Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Alibaba has focused on E- commerce, Tencent on social networking and Baidu on its search engine. However, the setup changed with the emergence of WeChat, a mobile messag- ing app created by Tencent three years ago. WeChat not only guards its own realm, but also constantly impedes into the territory of the neighboring kingdoms, a situation unaccept- able to Alibaba and Baidu.
