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Huawei building vast chip equipment R&#038;D center in Shanghai

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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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Meituan Shangou, its quick commerce business, could play a significant role in its strategy to counter competition from main rival Douyin.

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With Douyin looming, Meituan shifts focus back to its core business

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Top-tier AI chip companies are sought after, while mediocre startups will find difficulty in financing

The institute aims to achieve breakthroughs in technologies that enable China to be self-reliant in microchips.

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Tsinghua University sets up semiconductor school to bolster China&#8217;s self-sufficiency

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Halodoc has been at the forefront of Indonesia's battle against COVID-19, forming part of the government-led taskforce.

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Indonesian health tech startup Halodoc nets USD 80 million from Astra, Temasek

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Israeli firm BioMilk is the first cultured milk firm to go public

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Eat Just re-envisioning the future of plant-based chicken and eggs

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The Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance, a program powered by Xnode, A*STAR, and NHIC, is looking to develop and grow Singaporean deep tech startups.

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Tencent Cloud said on Monday that it has established its first internet data center in Indonesia in Jakarta's central business district. It will allow the firm to be closer to its users, reducing access delays to data and applications, help customers meet regulatory and compliance requirements, and provide more disaster recovery options in the Asia Pacific region, the company said.The data center will further support Tencent’s business in Indonesia, including music streaming platform Joox and on-demand video WeTv. The firm also has a partnership wi

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Tencent Cloud opens first data center in Indonesia

As per industry body Nasscom, which tracks tech startup ecosystem in India, there were over 2,100 deep tech startups till mid last year.

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Indian deep tech startups are finally taking off

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