Chat app Tango plans push into China, positioning itself as a window into the West

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It was quite a surprise when Tango, a free messaging and calling app for iOS and Android, scored a $280 million funding round led by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba earlier this year. After all, Tango’s largest market is the US — out of its 200 million registered users, 50 million come from the US. Back when the deal was announced, co-founder and CTO Eric Setton was pretty vague about future plans for Tango in China, only saying it would help boost the messaging app in China and other parts of Asia, but that there wouldn’t be a China-specific partnership involved....



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