Tencent Seeks Social Games, E-Commerce Applications From Third Parties

By Bloomberg News - Oct 31, 2011 8:53 AM GMT+0700

Tencent Holdings Ltd. (700), China’s biggest Internet company by sales, is seeking more social games and e-commerce applications from third-party developers. The company is “marching to open” its site to external developers, Tencent Chief Executive Officer Ma Huateng said at the TechCrunch conference in Beijing today.

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