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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

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

China Tech

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

Japan, Korea, and the West

Deep Tech

Smartphones

Mate 70 users will get an early look at HarmonyOS Next, Huawei’s new Android-free operating system.

Huawei’s Mate 70 targets Apple with competitive pricing and new OS | KrASIA

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Huawei’s Mate 70 targets Apple with competitive pricing and new OS

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

KrASIA

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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CATL, short for Contemporary Amperex Technology, is a Chinese company specializing in lithium-ion battery production for electric vehicles, energy storage, and battery management systems.

CATL

Battery

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

CATL targets heavy-duty transport with its new Tianxing batteries, boasting breakthroughs in range, charging speed, and durability.

CATL launches advanced battery lineup to electrify heavy-duty vehicles | KrASIA

CATL launches advanced battery lineup to electrify heavy-duty vehicles

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

Creative

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

Nintendo to end online services for Chinese Switch users by 2026

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

KrASIA Daily: Nasdaq-listed YY.Inc to List Twitch-Like Unit Huya To Fuel Expansion

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

Kuaishou

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

Entertainment

Live Streaming

Huya’s parent company and largest shareholder booked an 83.1% net income slump due to the firm's overseas expansion effort.

Tencent-backed Huya posts 117% net profit growth in Q3, amid rivalry with Bilibili, Kuaishou | KrASIA

Tencent-backed Huya posts 117% net profit growth in Q3, amid rivalry with Bilibili, Kuaishou

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

The automotive aftermarket is the secondary market of the automotive industry, concerned with the manufacturing, remanufacturing, distribution, retailing, and installation of all vehicle parts, chemicals, equipment, and accessories, after the sale of the automobile by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to the consumer. 

Automotive Aftermarket

Online service Tuhu, valued at USD 1.1 billion, seeks USD 400m in new financing.

Tencent muscles further into auto industry by backing repair unicorn | KrASIA

Tencent muscles further into auto industry by backing repair unicorn

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

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Nikkei Asia

Music

The firm reached 35.4 million online music paying users, 4.4 million more than last quarter.

Tencent Music grows its revenues by 31% and beats analysts expectations in Q3 (updated) | KrASIA

Tencent Music grows its revenues by 31% and beats analysts expectations in Q3 (updated)

Tencent's new vision and mission is defined as “value for users, tech for good,”

Tencent celebrates 21st anniversary with new corporate philosophy | KrASIA

Tencent celebrates 21st anniversary with new corporate philosophy

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Sun Henan

Regulations come amid fewer titles and challenges over its restructuring plan.

China's new gaming rules for minors threaten Tencent's growth | KrASIA

China&#8217;s new gaming rules for minors threaten Tencent&#8217;s growth

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

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

Tencent aspires to position itself as the first player in video social networking before the arrival of the 5G era.

Tencent wants strangers to know each other while using "masks" in its new social video-calling app | KrASIA

Tencent wants strangers to know each other while using &#8220;masks&#8221; in its new social video-calling app

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

The lawsuit is related to hundreds of songs by the popular Chinese singer Jay Chou.

Tencent Music wins copyright lawsuit against Alibaba-backed NetEase Cloud Music | KrASIA

Tencent Music wins copyright lawsuit against Alibaba-backed NetEase Cloud Music

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Song Jingli

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

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

The integration has been tested with a number of financial services companies including BNP Paribas, Citi, Deutsche Bank, and Goldman Sachs.

Goldman-backed chat app Symphony unlocks access to WeChat users through partnership with Tencent | KrASIA

Goldman-backed chat app Symphony unlocks access to WeChat users through partnership with Tencent

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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

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

The firm says that the new vehicle will be a cheaper and greener alternative compared to a normal car.

Tencent

Tencent-backed Huya posts 117% net profit growth in Q3, amid rivalry with Bilibili, Kuaishou

Tencent muscles further into auto industry by backing repair unicorn

Tencent Music grows its revenues by 31% and beats analysts expectations in Q3 (updated)

Tencent celebrates 21st anniversary with new corporate philosophy

China’s new gaming rules for minors threaten Tencent’s growth

Tencent wants strangers to know each other while using “masks” in its new social video-calling app

Tencent Music wins copyright lawsuit against Alibaba-backed NetEase Cloud Music

Goldman-backed chat app Symphony unlocks access to WeChat users through partnership with Tencent

Tencent wants to replace cars with flying taxis

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