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From left to right: Genping Liu, Dennis Sze, Lemuel Low, Edmund Tan, and Chan Yip Pang. Sze, Low, and Tan are co-founders of ReN3, while Liu and Chan serve as general partner and executive director of investments, respectively, at Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India.

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China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

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DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, develops large language models and machine learning solutions for enterprise applications and scientific research.

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Foundation and Large Models

DeepSeek V4 has clear advantages, but it also shows why no AI model can serve every use case yet.

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India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

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Huawei, a global telecom and smartphone vendor, delivers networking equipment, 5G solutions, and consumer devices integrating cutting-edge tech.

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Huawei to unveil flagship phone as impact of US crackdown deepens. Delayed P50 launch comes as the company struggles to secure chips.

Huawei to unveil flagship phone as impact of US crackdown deepens

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Creator incubator Ju lands angel round, uses blockchain to cultivate internet celebrities. It trains and markets content creators on Douyin.

Creator incubator Ju lands angel round, uses blockchain to cultivate internet celebrities

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

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Cloudtogo nets Series B round from Alibaba Cloud for collaborative coding services to speed up software development and iteration.

Cloudtogo nets Series B round from Alibaba Cloud for collaborative coding services

Nio, a Chinese electric car maker, specializes in high-performance EVs, battery-swapping solutions, and autonomous driving technologies.

What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

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Hefei grew its GDP 2600% in 20 years to become one of China’s fastest-growing cities by investing in three companies: BOE, ChangXin Memory, and Nio.

Hefei grew its GDP 2,600% in 20 years to become one of China’s fastest-growing cities

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The Uptake Daily Digest | People over platforms?

Daily Digest | People over platforms?

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

WeChat, Tencent’s superapp, combines messaging, social media, mobile payments, and mini-programs, streamlining daily tasks for over a billion users.

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What drives digital storytelling? Examine content creation, distribution channels, and media platforms connecting audiences worldwide.

Content

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

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Tencent suspends new user registration for WeChat as tech crackdown shows no signs of halting. he firm said it is performing a “security upgrade.”

Tencent suspends new user registration for WeChat as tech crackdown shows no signs of halting

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

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Huawei’s wolves: Li Jiang unpacks his sales team’s culture of "guerrilla" sales tactics and winning at all costs, tracking early days to the present.

Huawei’s wolves: Li Jiang unpacks his sales team’s culture of winning at all costs

China launches 6-month intensive campaign to set big tech straight. Enforcement action follows sweeping investigation into Didi.