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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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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. 

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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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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.

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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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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.

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Tencent Music reports strong Q2 results despite antitrust penalty expected to impact Q3 business.

Tencent Music reports strong Q2 results despite antitrust penalty expected to impact Q3 business | KrASIA

Tencent Music reports strong Q2 results despite antitrust penalty expected to impact Q3 business

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Mengyuan Ge

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.

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Tencent wins copyright infringement case against Douyin. ByteDance has lost another court case against Tencent for hosting videos involving Honor of Kings.

Tencent wins copyright infringement case against Douyin | KrASIA

Tencent wins copyright infringement case against Douyin

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Jiaxing Li

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

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

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China’s tech giants have started a new proxy war in the food and beverage industry.

Tencent and ByteDance fight for a seat at the dinner table (Part 2 of 2) | KrASIA

Tencent and ByteDance fight for a seat at the dinner table (Part 2 of 2)

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Lin Lingyi

Tencent and ByteDance fight for a seat at the dinner table (Part 1 of 2) | KrASIA

Tencent and ByteDance fight for a seat at the dinner table (Part 1 of 2)

An Honor of Kings tournament in Haikou, Hainan, China, on June 3, 2018. Source: Tuchong.

China has the world’s tightest rules for video games, and they may get even stricter. Tencent has proposed changes to gameplay for Honor of Kings.

China has the world’s tightest rules for video games, and they may get even stricter | KrASIA

China has the world’s tightest rules for video games, and they may get even stricter

State media labels Chinese online games as “opium” and sends shares of gaming companies in freefall.

State media blasts Chinese online games as 'spiritual opium,' sends shares of game companies in freefall | KrASIA

State media blasts Chinese online games as &#8216;spiritual opium,&#8217; sends shares of game companies in freefall

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 | KrASIA

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

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

Stripped of exclusive music rights, TME’s star fades as ByteDance and NetEase eye center stage. Tencents music arm has problems beyond antitrust matters.

Stripped of exclusive music rights, TME’s star fades as ByteDance and NetEase eye center stage | KrASIA

Stripped of exclusive music rights, TME’s star fades as ByteDance and NetEase eye center stage

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AJ Cortese

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

Enterprise Services

Tencent Meeting unveils custom solutions for hardware partners at InfoComm China 2021. Applications in education and healthcare are especially sought after.

Tencent Meeting unveils custom solutions for hardware partners at InfoComm China 2021 | KrASIA

Tencent Meeting unveils custom solutions for hardware partners at InfoComm China 2021

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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