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Alibaba, Tencent clash in cyberspace

By He Wei in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2013-08-02 07:26

China's lnternet titans have declared a "virtual" war on each other's marketing services for online vendors, as each seeks to capitalize on its respective mobile Internet system.

E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has announced it will block marketing messages sent from the WeChat platform, a mobile social networking application developed by Tencent Holdings Ltd, the nation's largest Internet company by market capitalization.

It was Alibaba's latest counter-offensive against Tencent, which a week ago began to ban public accounts that were mostly registered by Alibaba vendors, who were disseminating commercial advertisements via WeChat.

Alibaba, Tencent clash in cyberspace

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