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Proponents and opponents of regulation both spurn South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's attempt at compromise.

South Korea flounders in quest to restrain power of online platforms | KrASIA

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South Korea flounders in quest to restrain power of online platforms

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As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Bilibili

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

China Tech

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Creator Economy

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

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

Live Streaming

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

Video

Gaming and ad growth help Bilibili hit a profit, but sustaining this trajectory could be challenging.

Bilibili hits profitability milestone but faces big questions about its staying power | KrASIA

Bilibili hits profitability milestone but faces big questions about its staying power

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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Investment

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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

Singapore

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

Deals in brief: Podium nets Series A1 funding, Gyges Labs backed to redefine wearables, xAI raises USD 5 billion, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Podium nets Series A1 funding, Gyges Labs backed to redefine wearables, xAI raises USD 5 billion, and more

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KrASIA Writers

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

KrASIA | Tencent Archives

Digital Banks

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

Lending

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

Regulators reportedly reached out to the leasing firms Ziroom and 5i5j, as well as China Construction Bank to explore if they can take over Danke's business.

Trouble grows for Danke as WeBank delays payments for evicted tenants | KrASIA

Trouble grows for Danke as WeBank delays payments for evicted tenants

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

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

Alibaba

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

Music

The Hangzhou-based internet giant also owns a minority stake in the Netease Cloud Music service.

Alibaba's music streaming app Xiami is said to be shutdown | KrASIA

Alibaba&#8217;s music streaming app Xiami is said to be shutdown

Read the stories about Augmented reality (AR), Virtual reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR), know about the trendings and the future of VR/AR/MR industry. 

AR/VR

VSPN's lofty ambitions are riding on the popularity of e-sports among young people worldwide.

This Tencent-backed firm wants to dominate global e-sports events: Inside China’s Startups | KrASIA

This Tencent-backed firm wants to dominate global e-sports events: Inside China’s Startups

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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

ClassIn has been used by 60,000 schools and institutional clients from 35 countries and regions around the world.

EEO Education bags USD 265 million amid online education boom | KrASIA

EEO Education bags USD 265 million amid online education boom

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

Deep Tech

Social Impact

Visual Stories

Shenzhen's new policy explained, with a graphical history of the international tech hub.

TECH PANO | China's Silicon Valley to create 'another miracle' in 5 years | KrASIA

TECH PANO | China&#8217;s Silicon Valley to create &#8216;another miracle&#8217; in 5 years

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Julianna Wu

Tie-up marks rare technology deal amid tensions and heightened scrutiny.

Tencent Music invests in US 'avatar' concert company Wave | KrASIA

Tencent Music invests in US &#8216;avatar&#8217; concert company Wave

NetEase's gaming revenue growth, Q3 2020: 20%

Online gaming accounts for nearly 75% of NetEase's total revenue.

KEY STAT | NetEase posts strong gaming growth in Q3 | KrASIA

KEY STAT | NetEase posts strong gaming growth in Q3

Tencent's gaming revenue year-on-year growth, Q3 2020

The success of Tencent's blockbuster mobile game Honor of Kings has been a highlight of the quarter.

KEY STAT | Tencent’s gaming revenue grows as fast as during its peak in 2017 | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Tencent’s gaming revenue grows as fast as during its peak in 2017

Chinese group beats profit forecast on hit games and fintech.

Tencent

Trouble grows for Danke as WeBank delays payments for evicted tenants

Alibaba’s music streaming app Xiami is said to be shutdown

This Tencent-backed firm wants to dominate global e-sports events: Inside China’s Startups

EEO Education bags USD 265 million amid online education boom

TECH PANO | China’s Silicon Valley to create ‘another miracle’ in 5 years

Tencent Music invests in US ‘avatar’ concert company Wave

KEY STAT | NetEase posts strong gaming growth in Q3

KEY STAT | Tencent’s gaming revenue grows as fast as during its peak in 2017

Tencent president says big tech needs more regulation

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