The first time I heard of Tencent Holdings was earlier this year. They are holding company with business across many verticals. I heard of them because one of their businesses had copied a game for the Chinese market without giving the original developers their due. And it turned out they were quite notorious for it:
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent#Copying_claims" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent#Copying_claims</a><p>Here's their presentation on how they protect/respect IPs:
<a href="https://www.tencent.com/legal/html/en-us/property.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.tencent.com/legal/html/en-us/property.html</a><p>And this is just tip of the iceberg.<p>If people think EA is bad with it's monetisation policy, wait till they try one of Tencent's games.<p>And if someone thinks FB is bad and addictive, try reading about this company and it's grasp in China.