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Will Sany Group's contrarian strategy of expanding during the current downturn suffice for it to claim the top spot in the new energy sector?

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

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

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The joint venture plans to start production for ride hailing in 2025.

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China&#8217;s Didi, GAC to roll out self-driving EV robotaxis

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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.

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

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Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

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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.

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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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The area is the hometown of Chinese unicorns like ByteDance, Xiaomi, Didi, and Meituan.

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How Zhongguancun became the innovation hub powering China&#8217;s tech aspirations

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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Vetreska intends to open additional cat cafes in five different Chinese cities in 2021.

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Pet lifestyle startup Vetreska closes Series B round, launches fashion line for humans

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A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

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

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2021 will show us how big bets and new regs will reshape Southeast Asia’s tech scene.

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In Southeast Asia, tech leads through the pandemic and beyond | KrASIA Year in Review

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Resso offers a freemium service, with a monthly ad-free subscription for IDR 49,000 or USD 3.27.

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Google honors ByteDance’s Resso as one of Android&#8217;s best apps in 2020

ByteDance's TikTok has dislodged Instagram as the go-to platform for Indonesian influencers, but Kuaishou's Snack Video is giving TikTok a run for its money.

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Chinese social apps tussle in Indonesia&#8217;s influencer economy

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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.

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Singaporean entrepreneur Min-Liang Tan shares why he left Singapore back in the day, why he decided to return, and what lies ahead for him and Razer.

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Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan wants to nurture entrepreneurship in Singapore

Live events to be back by 2021, says Web Summit founder

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. The education industry is fast-reforming nowadays. 

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Cosgrave recently announced the expansion of Web Summit to Latin America with an in-person event to be held in Brazil in 2022.

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Live events will be back, with or without a vaccine, by end of 2021: Q&#038;A with Paddy Cosgrave, CEO of Web Summit

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Local companies only control less than 1% of Indonesia's gaming market, while the rest is dominated by foreign games.

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Can Indonesian gaming firms compete with global players?

The Singapore-based company is expanding into Indonesia and Thailand.

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