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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

Offline gaming on the Switch will remain unaffected, though Nintendo’s focus seems to be shifting toward its next-generation console.

Nintendo to end online services for Chinese Switch users by 2026 | KrASIA

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Nintendo to end online services for Chinese Switch users by 2026

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

KrASIA

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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36Kr English

Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

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.

Deep Tech

Artificial Inteligence

Tencent’s Hunyuan model brings intelligent search features to Sogou Input Method, enhancing productivity and convenience for users in everyday scenarios.

Tencent enhances Sogou Input Method with AI search capabilities | KrASIA

Tencent enhances Sogou Input Method with AI search capabilities

Angel Investing

Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

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

India

Japan

Singapore

Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Pi-xcels raises USD 2.7 million, Vynn Capital backs MediSun Energy, Gobi Partners teams up with Cross Capital, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Pi-xcels raises USD 2.7 million, Vynn Capital backs MediSun Energy, Gobi Partners teams up with Cross Capital, and more

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KrASIA Writers

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

Alibaba

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

KrASIA | Alibaba Archives

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

Xiaomi

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

Subsidies and slashed prices are driving user adoption of smart speakers, but what’s next?

Smart speakers: A marathon of uncertainty in China | KrASIA

Smart speakers: A marathon of uncertainty in China

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Luna Lin

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

Alibaba and Tencent reshape how people access health care, lending and more.

China's USD 25 trillion in mobile payments transform nation's services | KrASIA

China&#8217;s USD 25 trillion in mobile payments transform nation&#8217;s services

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Nikkei Asia

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

E-Commerce

Industrial e-commerce site founded by former Alibaba employee raises USD 10 million | KrASIA

Industrial e-commerce site founded by former Alibaba employee raises USD 10 million

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Song Jingli

JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

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

Alibaba and JD.com are penetrating down into lower-tier cities while Pinduoduo does the opposite.

JD.com launches its Pinduoduo rival, with a little help from WeChat | KrASIA

JD.com launches its Pinduoduo rival, with a little help from WeChat

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Wency Chen

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

Chinese automaker SAIC Motor is the main backer.

Chinese autonomous driving sensor developer CalmCar raises USD 14 million | KrASIA

Chinese autonomous driving sensor developer CalmCar raises USD 14 million

A digital map eyes the content monetization business.

Alibaba mapping unit AutoNavi offers self-guided audio tour amid expansion spree | KrASIA

Alibaba mapping unit AutoNavi offers self-guided audio tour amid expansion spree

The platform wants to become more social.

Alibaba's Taobao implements hot topic live ranking to boost sales | KrASIA

Alibaba&#8217;s Taobao implements hot topic live ranking to boost sales

Tencent Cloud ranked second with a share of 17.4% and Baidu was fourth with 8.7%.

Alibaba maintains lead in China’s hot cloud computing market as Tencent, Baidu play catch-up | KrASIA

Alibaba maintains lead in China’s hot cloud computing market as Tencent, Baidu play catch-up

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SCMP

Its smart speaker Tmall Genie may soon come with a screen.