Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent Swing a Big BAT in China's Internet Landscape

(Beijing) – Back in 2005, China's Internet landscape was dominated by a handful of companies such as Sina Corp. and NetEase Inc.

But change was in the air. That same year, the search engine company Baidu Inc. launched an initial public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange, the e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. partnered with the U.S. search engine Yahoo, and Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s messaging service QQ grew rapidly.