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Tencent Backed Super-App Emerges to Rival Its Own WeChat
- Meituan expands into payments, ride hailing, even KTV rooms
- More startups today aim to become the one-stop, universal app
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Meituan is the kind of Chinese technology company few people outside the country understand.
That’s because its services aren’t quite like anything you might find abroad. Meituan has a restaurant review feature sort of like Yelp, but its app also lets you order off the menu from your phone the minute you sit down. You can settle your check with the Meituan app, book a karaoke room across town, select a song list and then hail a car for the trip over.