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Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

Amid regulatory crackdowns, Tencent takes a tactical approach to its investments and hopes that more strategic investments will prove lucrative.

Amid regulatory crackdowns, Tencent takes a tactical approach to its investments | KrASIA

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Chinese ride-hailing and trucking platforms ordered to reveal pricing rules. Nearly 4 million people have signed up as gig drivers on ride platforms.

Chinese ride-hailing and trucking platforms ordered to reveal pricing rules | KrASIA

Chinese ride-hailing and trucking platforms ordered to reveal pricing rules

NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

Autonomous Vehicles

Electric Vehicles

Smartphones

EV maker Nio is entering the smartphone business. The Chinese carmaker is on a hiring spree to fill the ranks of its smartphone division.

EV maker Nio is entering the smartphone business | KrASIA

EV maker Nio is entering the smartphone business

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

Private Equity

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

China’s state-owned enterprises to examine financial exposure to Ant Group. All SOEs must review report their ties to the Alibaba affiliate.

China’s state-owned enterprises to examine financial exposure to Ant Group, report says | KrASIA

China’s state-owned enterprises to examine financial exposure to Ant Group, report says

Social Impact

As the luster of China’s tech companies fades, fresh graduates are hesitant to join their ranks. High salaries and juicy bonuses barely retain talent.

As the luster of China’s tech companies fades, fresh graduates are hesitant to join their ranks | KrASIA

As the luster of China’s tech companies fades, fresh graduates are hesitant to join their ranks

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

Ant Group forms new SaaS company amid regulatory scrutiny of its consumer services. One of Ant Group’s largest enterprise clients is China’s central bank.

Ant Group forms new SaaS company amid regulatory scrutiny of its consumer services | KrASIA

Ant Group forms new SaaS company amid regulatory scrutiny of its consumer services

Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

Didi

Food Delivery

Mobility

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

Didi set to lay off 20% of staff as multiple business lines fail to meet expectations. Competitors took Didi’s business after its removal from app stores.

Didi set to lay off 20% of staff as multiple business lines fail to meet expectations | KrASIA

Didi set to lay off 20% of staff as multiple business lines fail to meet expectations

Metaverse

Viral Chinese metaverse app Jelly taken offline amid allegations of user data malpractice and copyright infringement.

Viral Chinese metaverse app Jelly taken offline amid allegations of user data malpractice and copyright infringement | KrASIA

Viral Chinese metaverse app Jelly taken offline amid allegations of user data malpractice and copyright infringement

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

China’s refusal to approve new games forces gaming companies to cut staff. More than 14,000 video game companies shut down between July and December 2021.