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TikTok owner ByteDance is expected to boost its 2021 gross revenue by 60 per cent to 400 billion yuan (US$63 billion), according to a report by The Information on Tuesday. The growth in gross revenue – total sales before payouts to ad agencies are deducted – is slower than last year when the figure more than doubled to about 250 billion yuan, the report said. Most of the sales came from its domestic apps Douyin, TikTok’s Chinese version, and news aggregator Jinri Toutiao, even though TikTok – the first international hit by a Chinese internet firm – announced it had...