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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

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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

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Dream11

Tiger Global

Tiger Global has invested in 23 Indian technology companies last year.

Tiger Global raises USD 3.8 billion, might lead USD 500 million round in Tencent-backed Dream11 | KrASIA

Tiger Global raises USD 3.8 billion, might lead USD 500 million round in Tencent-backed Dream11

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Avanish Tiwary

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

Tencent Weishi

ByteDance, the short-video giant, has yet to prove its ability in making and managing heavy games.

Opinion | Tencent has little to worry about ByteDance's push into gaming | KrASIA

Opinion | Tencent has little to worry about ByteDance&#8217;s push into gaming

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Luna Lin

Kuaishou (Chinese: 快手) is a platform for recording with millions of original fresh videos everyday.

Kuaishou

WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

Wechat

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

The move comes after WeChat founder's Allen Zhang announced a string of new upcoming features two weeks ago.

WeChat tests short-form content as short-video apps gain popularity | KrASIA

WeChat tests short-form content as short-video apps gain popularity

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

Tencent CEO Pony Ma: No ICO But is Exploring Blockchain Applications

This marks the first time in nearly two decades that Tencent has cancelled its much-anticipated red packet handout to employees.

Tencent boss Pony Ma won’t hand out red packets this year amid Wuhan virus concerns | KrASIA

Tencent boss Pony Ma won’t hand out red packets this year amid Wuhan virus concerns

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SCMP

Music

QYin can recognize songs playing nearby and on apps such as Douyin, Kuaishou, and Bilibili.

Tencent releases Shazam-like music recognition app | KrASIA

Tencent releases Shazam-like music recognition app

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

Alibaba

Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

Didi

ELEME Inc. is a platform that offers online food delivery service. It was founded in 2008 by Mark Zhang and Jack Kang in Minhang Campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Ele.me was acquired by the Alibaba Group in April 2018 and continues to operate independently.

ele.me

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

Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

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

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

Companies have taken a series of measures to contain the illness.

How Chinese tech companies are responding to the coronavirus outbreak | KrASIA

How Chinese tech companies are responding to the coronavirus outbreak

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Song Jingli

Videos

Tinder is one of the most popular dating apps worldwide but it's not available in China

These are some of the most popular alternatives to Tinder in China | KrASIA

These are some of the most popular alternatives to Tinder in China

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James Chan

The desktop version provides 20Gb of free cloud storage.

ByteDance brings Flipchat to PC, again challenging Tencent in social messaging | KrASIA

ByteDance brings Flipchat to PC, again challenging Tencent in social messaging

Content creators can charge as much as USD 30 for original content.