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

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

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China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

Huawei, a global telecom and smartphone vendor, delivers networking equipment, 5G solutions, and consumer devices integrating cutting-edge tech.

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

Electric Vehicles

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

Maextro’s push could either turn HIMA into a powerhouse or become a case study in internal brand cannibalization.

Huawei-backed Maextro to expand its presence in China’s luxury car market with six new models

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

Deep Tech

Embodied Intelligence

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

The company’s push into multimodal data collection and reinforcement learning signals its aim to control the full robotics stack.

Linkerbot raises new funding to build a full-stack platform for robot dexterity

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

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Tencent and NetEase already have their own verification systems in place, with some games requiring facial recognition.

China’s real name verification system for games to launch nationwide by September

Apple designs iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers, coupling sleek hardware with robust software ecosystems and service offerings.

Apple

All paid games now need government approval—something only 750 Chinese and 27 imported titles have accomplished this year.

Apple takes down over 30,000 games from China app store in one day

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

Agile companies such as Peak and Masomo coveted for strength in Asian market.

Turkish game developers attract interest from Tencent and Zynga

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

Videos

Having a large user base and financial resources doesn’t guarantee immediate success.

Video | Can ByteDance replicate Tencent’s blueprint for success in gaming?

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The goal of The Corporate League is to enable companies to relate to their employees better and develop a strong business network between industries through e-sports.

An ex-AirAsia employee made an e-sports league that Shell, BNM, and Maxis have all joined

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Bilibili, an online entertainment platform, features anime, gaming videos, live streams, and interactive communities appealing to younger audiences.

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Gaming giants including Tencent, Blizzard, Ubisoft, and Epic Games will join ChinaJoy in Shanghai next week while Sony and Microsoft tap out.

ChinaJoy mega gaming event will go ahead, with face masks appearing alongside cosplay in 2020

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Warner Bros, HBO, and Blizzard have teamed up with Secretlab to release chairs based on Batman, Game of Thrones, and Overwatch respectively.

These Singaporeans started Secretlab in their 20s, now it's a USD 300 million global gaming chair company

These Singaporeans started Secretlab in their 20s, now it&#8217;s a USD 300 million global gaming chair company

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

Entertainment

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

Payments

Unipin confirmed the vulnerability, which included usernames, purchase amounts, and email addresses.

Vulnerability exposes 10 million transactions at Indonesia's largest mobile games payment processor Unipin

Vulnerability exposes 10 million transactions at Indonesia&#8217;s largest mobile games payment processor Unipin

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How does learning transcend classrooms? Investigate online courses, adaptive learning tools, and global educational platforms.

Education

How does information move at light speed? Review 5G rollouts, fiber networks, and connectivity standards advancing global communication.

Telecommunications

The expansion of online services is allowing more jobseekers with the relevant skills to find new opportunities, as more offline operations go digital.

Online services market expansion to continue amid COVID-19 crisis, industry executives say

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