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

China Tech

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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. 

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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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

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

Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

Xiaomi

KrASIA | Xiaomi Archives

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

5G is a commonly used term for certain advanced wireless systems. Industry association 3GPP defines any system using "5G NR" software as "5G", a definition that came into general use by late 2018. 

Black Shark

Growth in the gaming smartphone vertical contrasts with the sluggish performance of the wider mobile sector.

Does the gaming smartphone have a future? | KrASIA

Does the gaming smartphone have a future?

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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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

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

A total of 22 Chinese investors made it onto the annual list.

CHINA BRIEF | Sequoia China's Neil Shen tops Forbes' top 100 venture capitalists worldwide | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Sequoia China&#8217;s Neil Shen tops Forbes&#8217; top 100 venture capitalists worldwide

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The move is part of Xiaomi's HKD 12 billion (USD 1.53 billion) share buyback plan.

CHINA BRIEF | Xiaomi announces USD 32 million share buyback | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Xiaomi announces USD 32 million share buyback

The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of hardware, these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

Visual Stories

The firm hit a USD 31.45 billion valuation as of April 13, 2020.

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | One decade of Xiaomi: From a local company to a global smartphone brand and major IoT competitor | KrASIA

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | One decade of Xiaomi: From a local company to a global smartphone brand and major IoT competitor

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Julianna Wu

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xiaomi

Huami, the Xiaomi-backed maker of Amazfit smartwatches, joins researchers in a quest to prepare for the next pandemic.

China wants to use fitness trackers to monitor coronavirus survivors | KrASIA

China wants to use fitness trackers to monitor coronavirus survivors

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

The VC firm distributed over USD 1 billion in cash returns to limited partners in 2019.

CHINA BRIEF| Qiming Venture Partners closes USD 1.1 billion fund, targeting early stage healthcare and TMT startups | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF| Qiming Venture Partners closes USD 1.1 billion fund, targeting early stage healthcare and TMT startups

Oppo is a Chinese consumer electronics and mobile communications company headquartered in Dongguan, China, known for its smartphones, Blu-ray players and other electronic devices.

OPPO

Xiaomi sees one of its most important markets locked out due to the coronavirus pandemic.

KEY STAT | Chinese phone makers see sales plunge from coronavirus outbreak as India and Southeast Asia close shops | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Chinese phone makers see sales plunge from coronavirus outbreak as India and Southeast Asia close shops

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

Alibaba

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.

The firm counts Xiaomi, SF, and Alibaba among its over 8000 clients.

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba-backed voice interaction company AISpeech closes USD 58 million Series E round | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba-backed voice interaction company AISpeech closes USD 58 million Series E round

Hubei province has gradually lifted travel restrictions and reopened public places as the number of active cases dropped below 1,000.