Chinese online video broadcast platform Tiange (also known as 9158) and mobile Karaoke app Changba have been working on connected Karaoke clubs, trying to disrupt an entertainment experience Chinese have been OK with for many years. Kuwo, the online music service which tapped into online singing show business like Tiange’s, launched last week a Karaoke solution with Thunderstone, a Chinese supplier of KTV software and hardware founded a decade ago by Xiaomi co-founder Wang Chuan. Apps that have adopted the solution include Kuwo’s, Baidu Music, and Xiaomi Music. The Thunderstone SystemThe Kuwo Karaoke AppKaraoke Participants can join one “room” on Kuwo by scanning a QR code. The Thunderstone system isn’t developed on top of Android, the operating system embedded in almost all of the newly emerged smart hardware products in China.