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Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics manufacturer, headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The company was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former People's Liberation Army engineer.

Huawei

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

Hardware

Android

Aptoide

google

Google has suspended business ties with Huawei.

Huawei looks to Portugal's Aptoide for Google Play replacement | KrASIA

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Huawei looks to Portugal&#8217;s Aptoide for Google Play replacement

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Lao Bei

new retail

Suning

The integration of the Yangtze River Delta is a matter of national interest in China.

Suning plans 2,000 more smart retail stores in Yangtze River Delta | KrASIA

Suning plans 2,000 more smart retail stores in Yangtze River Delta

Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals. It was founded by Colin Huang as Shanghai Dream Information Technology Co., Ltd. in September 2015.

Pinduoduo

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

pinduoduo

The company's business model of letting users whip up friends to buy in bulk is a hit.

Pinduoduo beats expectations, but losses continue to swell | KrASIA

Pinduoduo beats expectations, but losses continue to swell

Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

Xiaomi

The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of hardware, these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

Xiaomi highlights international business and IoT in buoyant Q1 2019 | KrASIA

Xiaomi highlights international business and IoT in buoyant Q1 2019

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

Marvel

NetEase

Marvel hopes to translate its box office success in China into windfalls in gaming.

NetEase to exclusively distribute Marvel game in China | KrASIA

NetEase to exclusively distribute Marvel game in China

Bianlifeng

Convenience stores

The move comes just after competitor Bianlifeng upped its registered capital.

Suning issues USD 750 million in new shares to expand convenience stores | KrASIA

Suning issues USD 750 million in new shares to expand convenience stores

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

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

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

Prowler.io

Prowler.io, an AI company from Cambridge, England has raised USD 24 million (RMB 166 million)  in funding at a USD 100 million (RMB 691 million)

Tencent leads investment in Cambridge-based AI company | KrASIA

Tencent leads investment in Cambridge-based AI company

Financial crimes

Kingnet

Both the founder and CEO are being investigated for securities fraud.

Financial scandal engulfs Chinese gaming company Kingnet | KrASIA

Financial scandal engulfs Chinese gaming company Kingnet

With more capital, the company can attract new investors or take on loans