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What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

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How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

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Despite early traction in hardware, the startup is focused on building a full-stack robotics system that unites the “brain” and “body” of machines.

More than a hardware play: Robot Era’s founder sets the record straight on the company’s true ambitions

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What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

Challenges remain, but the NEV maker sees significant upside in expanding its commercial vehicle business beyond China.

As China’s commercial vehicle market slows, Gecko Motors shifts gears abroad for growth

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How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

Why do firms join forces? Investigate synergy goals, valuation methods, and negotiations driving corporate consolidation.

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What happens after acquisitions close? Examine deal structures, operational improvements, and exit strategies molding corporate outcomes.

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What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

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

Deals in brief: Augmentus raises Series A+ funding, Coda to acquire Recharge, Origgin Capital debuts second fund, and more

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Sudo Lim

What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

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ByteDance, a Chinese internet company, uses machine learning to recommend engaging videos, news, and social content (via TikTok and Douyin).

TikTok

Actually, in the second half of 2018, ByteDance expanded its sales departments from 4 to 10 to monetize its huge user base in overseas market including Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States.

ByteDance said to target $14.8b revenue in 2019, doubling what it made last year

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Song Jingli

NetEase

China's government can't keep up with the country's appetite for video games.

With a mountain of backlogged video game license applications, China's content regulator asks for a pause in submissions

With a mountain of backlogged video game license applications, China&#8217;s content regulator asks for a pause in submissions

Douyin

The premiere indicates that Douyin, with 500 million monthly active users, wants to cut a piece from the lucrative gaming market.

ByteDance's Douyin launches first game to take on Tencent

ByteDance&#8217;s Douyin launches first game to take on Tencent

BIGO

Three years after its inception, Singapore-based BIGO is now making bold expansion plans.

Bigo kickstarts global expansion starting in India

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Robin Moh

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

JD.com

How will China’s internet economy develop further? (Part two)

How localisation strategies aid Tik Tok's global reach

How localisation strategies aid Tik Tok&#8217;s global reach

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

Gaming

China’s gaming and social networking giant Tencent had one new game called the Romantic Rose Garden approved by the country's regulators Thursday, This

Even with one more title on China’s gaming whitelist, Tencent still has its cash-cow titles in limbo

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Infofed

Infofed’s plan is to build e-sports into a tourism subset and encourage a new professional workforce.

Thai virtual reality startup Infofed dips its toes in game-casting

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Mars Woo

music

NYSE

spotify

Tencent Music joins Chinese tech firms on the US public market in uncertain times.

Entertainment

ByteDance said to target $14.8b revenue in 2019, doubling what it made last year

With a mountain of backlogged video game license applications, China’s content regulator asks for a pause in submissions

ByteDance’s Douyin launches first game to take on Tencent