An app called Douyin has won over millions of Chinese fans by serving up an eclectic array of 15-second videos featuring lip-syncing teenagers, cute dogs doing tricks and fabulous-looking people flaunting designer fashions. One thing viewers aren’t seeing right now are advertisements. Chinese authorities ordered Douyin’s parent company, Beijing Bytedance Technology Co., to suspend ads indefinitely after a search engine ran a promotional spot for the app that officials said made light of Qiu Shaoyun, a venerated Chinese soldier....read more >>