The Qingteng Club, a group affiliated with social media and gaming giant Tencent Holdings Ltd, will host executives and celebrities from the Chinese and US online video industries at a private event in California this week, according to attendees.
They have an edge over YouTube in tapping the burgeoning market: The Google-owned video service is blocked in the country. “East-West Forum is an exclusive event that brings leaders in tech and entertainment industry together from east and west to meet, to learn more about each other and build potential collaborations,” according to a statement by the Mars Summit, an organisation helping to host the event.Some of the biggest names in Chinese social media are descending upon California this week as tensions with Washington run high over the Asian country’s technological ascendancy.
The East-West Forum will also bring together executives from Tencent, the founders of Chinese startups RED and Bilibili Inc., and online influencers Jordi and Azzy.