TikTok owner ByteDance has leapfrogged Alibaba to be crowned the number one Chinese Global Brand Builder on the 2022 Kantar BrandZ list. ByteDance, which owns global short-form video app TikTok, the Chinese version Douyin and the news app Toutiao, recorded a 21 per cent increase on 2021 to overtake the Chinese ecommerce giant to snare the top spot. Alibaba achieved a 9 percent increase to achieve a second place on the sixth annual list, which measures how Chinese brands and perceived and valued by consumers in international markets. The list confirms the global appetite for Chinese companies continues despite the...