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

Alibaba

Taobao

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

Tmall

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

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

Tencent’s latest update to WeChat Pay targets an improved mobile payment experience for foreign visitors to China. How does it compare to Alipay?

Tencent updates WeChat Pay to facilitate easier payments for foreign visitors | KrASIA

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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

MENA

Singapore

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

Deals in brief: RayGen and Uncharted secure funding, Temasek and BlackRock close USD 1.4 billion climate fund, Bahrain’s Investcorp teams up with China, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: RayGen and Uncharted secure funding, Temasek and BlackRock close USD 1.4 billion climate fund, Bahrain’s Investcorp teams up with China, and more

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Japan

The industry is aiming to start mutual use of QR code payment systems in Southeast Asia and India by Expo 2025 Osaka.

Japan to collaborate on Chinese payment services with joint QR code | KrASIA

Japan to collaborate on Chinese payment services with joint QR code

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

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

Xiaomi

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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

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

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. 

As of tomorrow the Chinese champion will be cut off from its suppliers.

Huawei enters a new world: How the US ban will affect global tech | KrASIA

Huawei enters a new world: How the US ban will affect global tech

Samsung

Smartphones

Samsung's India market share rose by 10 percentage points to 26%, while Xiaomi slid 1 percentage point to 29% in Q2.

Samsung's sprint to reclaim its lost crown from Xiaomi in India | KrASIA

Samsung&#8217;s sprint to reclaim its lost crown from Xiaomi in India

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

Chinese smartphone makers took a larger share of the local market in Q2 2020 than ever before.

Vivo beats Samsung to become top-selling phone brand in Indonesia | KrASIA

Vivo beats Samsung to become top-selling phone brand in Indonesia

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Ursula Florene

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

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

Entertainment

Apple's market share dropped from Q4 2019's 41% to Q2 2020's 35%.

Budget Chinese wireless earbuds erode Apple Airpod dominance | KrASIA

Budget Chinese wireless earbuds erode Apple Airpod dominance

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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Xiaomi’s second-quarter revenue reached USD 7.7 billion, up 3.1% from a year ago, on the back of strong premium smartphone sales.

Xiaomi seeks further growth in overseas markets despite rising geopolitical tensions | KrASIA

Xiaomi seeks further growth in overseas markets despite rising geopolitical tensions

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South China Morning Post

Oppo, the world's fifth largest smartphone vendor, has seen sales drop 15.9% year-on-year in the second quarter to 28 million. 

CHINA BRIEF | Oppo partners with Mexican telecom giant América Móvil, expanding in Latin America | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Oppo partners with Mexican telecom giant América Móvil, expanding in Latin America

While Huawei's sales also declined year-over-year, it experienced 27.4% quarterly growth, moving it into a virtual tie with Samsung for the place of world's top smartphone manufacturer.

Global smartphone sales drop 20% in Q2: Report | KrASIA

Global smartphone sales drop 20% in Q2: Report

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Gozde Celik

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

Deep Tech

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

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 tale of Lei Jun, as the founder of Xiaomi, CEO of many public-listed companies, angel investor, and internet KOL.

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Meet Lei Jun: the 'Steve Jobs of China' who founded Xiaomi | KrASIA

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Meet Lei Jun: the &#8216;Steve Jobs of China&#8217; who founded Xiaomi

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Julianna Wu

Sales of Lei Jun's first livestreaming show: USD 29 million

Live Streaming

Over 74 million people tuned in to his maiden show on Douyin.