China's Yelp equivalents: Dianping (600M+ MAU, reviews since 2003) and Meituan (700M+ MAU, 276B yuan 2024 revenue). Merged as Meituan-Dianping in 2018. Super app: food delivery, hotel booking, movie tickets, ride-hailing, beauty services. Gaode Maps also provides reviews. Yelp has 90M monthly visitors. Fake reviews and paid rankings are ongoing challenges.
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