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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

Some believe that sensitivity around the game’s maps could be an issue, and it might not be approved for sale in China yet.

Microsoft Flight Simulator lets you fly through China, where the game isn’t even available | KrASIA

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Microsoft Flight Simulator lets you fly through China, where the game isn’t even available

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The initiative called ‘E-sports Beijing 2020’ builds on the momentum of news that the annual League of Legends World Championship will be staged for two consecutive years in China.

Chinese Communist Party aims to turn Beijing into an e-sports hub, backed by subsidy schemes | KrASIA

Chinese Communist Party aims to turn Beijing into an e-sports hub, backed by subsidy schemes

Proposed changes to Microsoft’s services agreement were first published on the company’s Chinese website on August 1.

Microsoft says commitment to Chinese users remains unchanged after updating terms of service | KrASIA

Microsoft says commitment to Chinese users remains unchanged after updating terms of service

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

Alibaba

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

Deep Tech

WiMi Hologram Cloud shares nearly quadruple on Nasdaq day after Alibaba founder Jack Ma appears holographically at World Artificial Intelligence Conference.

After Jack Ma’s holographic appearance at an AI conference, shares of this Chinese company soared | KrASIA

After Jack Ma’s holographic appearance at an AI conference, shares of this Chinese company soared

5G is a commonly used term for certain advanced wireless systems. Industry association 3GPP defines any system using "5G NR" software as "5G", a definition that came into general use by late 2018. 

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. The education industry is fast-reforming nowadays. 

Education

The expansion of online services is allowing more jobseekers with the relevant skills to find new opportunities, as more offline operations go digital.

Online services market expansion to continue amid COVID-19 crisis, industry executives say | KrASIA

Online services market expansion to continue amid COVID-19 crisis, industry executives say

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

Apple

A total of 2,394 games had been removed by Apple from its China App Store on July 4, after more than a thousand each day were taken down from July 1.

Apple leaves foreign developers scrambling as unlicensed games removed from China App Store | KrASIA

Apple leaves foreign developers scrambling as unlicensed games removed from China App Store

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

A ByteDance subsidiary has become the third-largest shareholder of Beijing Dingtian Culture Entertainment, which runs multiple online reading platforms.

Online literature: the next battleground for Chinese social media giants ByteDance and Tencent? | KrASIA

Online literature: the next battleground for Chinese social media giants ByteDance and Tencent?

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

NetEase, Inc. is a Chinese Internet technology company providing online services centered on content, community, communications and commerce. The company was founded in 1997 by Lebunto. NetEase develops and operates online PC and mobile games, advertising services, email services and e-commerce platforms in China.

NetEase

China’s cloud gaming market is expected to be worth at least USD 565 million by 2022, according to a report.

China’s cloud gaming market expected to quadruple in size by 2022 amid 5G push, report says | KrASIA

China’s cloud gaming market expected to quadruple in size by 2022 amid 5G push, report says

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.

The investment follows the direction set by Premier Li Keqiang last month, when he announced details of the government’s 3.6 trillion yuan fiscal stimulus package.