Obviously, it has to be done this way to comply with censorship. Strict firewall separating the two apps (Douyin and Tik Tok).
Tik Tok doesn’t allow Chinese users to download the international version, as this blogger found out. Other than that, it has been found that Bytedance doesn’t allow native Chinese users to use TikTok while there are many instances of Douyin being used by non-Chinese residents. Related: How to delete TikTok drafts safely? Douyin users can buy items, purchase movie tickets, transfer money to users, and make transactions using a QR Code. The only difference between the two is that the overseas TikTok doesn’t have a “wallet” function that Douyin has, letting users complete transactions in a few taps within the app. Both apps have similar user interfaces showing videos under two streams “Following” and “For you” and even the user profiles have the same design language. Related: How to do the Vogue Trend on Tiktok Is Chinese TikTok similar to official TikTok?ĭouyin in many ways is identical to the international TikTok app but Bytedance has managed to separate the two, one that sticks to the local policies in China, the other without it. The idea of having a native Chinese version of TikTok is just like WeChat which is Tencent’s international offering while users in China are supposed to use the Weixin app instead. The Chinese version has over 400 million daily active users, which translates to over two-thirds of the mobile social network space in China. In simple words, Douyin is the official version of TikTok in China while outside of China, the platform takes up the ‘TikTok’ brand.
Douyin, also developed by TikTok’s parent company Bytedance, is the Chinese version of the video-sharing service, made for use because of China’s controlled online environment. How to download the Douyin (Chinese TikTok) appĬhinese TikTok is the Chinese version of the popular short video sharing platform, which is otherwise labeled as Douyin.Is Chinese TikTok similar to official TikTok?.
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