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China’s virtual idols are reshaping the ways brands reach Gen Z consumers. Real-life celebrities can be mired in scandal, but virtual idols can stay clean.

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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

Tencent’s intensive overtime work culture is under the spotlight after employee complaint goes viral. The government has stated that “996” is illegal.

Tencent’s intensive overtime work culture under spotlight after employee complaint goes viral | KrASIA

Tencent’s intensive overtime work culture under spotlight after employee complaint goes viral

Content

Fashion

Authorities fine Xiaohongshu RMB 300,000 for failing to protect minors. The company claims a glitch led to exploitative content being posted.

Authorities fine Xiaohongshu RMB 300,000 for failing to protect minors | KrASIA

Authorities fine Xiaohongshu RMB 300,000 for failing to protect minors

Xiaohongshu sues ghostwriter brokers over fraudulent promotional content. It is attempting to restore its reputation by removing fake product reviews.

Xiaohongshu sues ghostwriter brokers over fraudulent promotional content | KrASIA

Xiaohongshu sues ghostwriter brokers over fraudulent promotional content

ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

Investment

ByteDance dissolves investment unit as China tightens oversight. Conglomerates like Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, and more may follow suit.

ByteDance dissolves investment unit as China reportedly tightens venture oversight for internet firms | KrASIA

ByteDance dissolves investment unit as China reportedly tightens venture oversight for internet firms

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

Battery

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Here are 5 developments to watch out for in China’s EV sector. The trajectory of China’s EV sector may offer insights for other parts of the world.

Here are 5 developments to watch out for in China’s EV sector | KrASIA

Here are 5 developments to watch out for in China’s EV sector

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

Alipay investment vehicles taken offline mere days after launch. Ant Group has undergone many changes to adhere to new regulations.

Ant Fortune's investment vehicles taken offline mere days after launch | KrASIA

Ant Fortune&#8217;s investment vehicles taken offline mere days after launch

China’s new energy vehicles exports tripled in 2021, with half made by Tesla. Europe is the top destination for China’s exported EVs.

China’s new energy vehicles exports tripled in 2021, with half made by Tesla | KrASIA

China’s new energy vehicles exports tripled in 2021, with half made by Tesla

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

Alibaba

Alibaba Group CEO Daniel Zhang resigns from Weibo’s board of directors. It has been selling media assets as regulators curtail its influence on the public.