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Securing China’s commitment to reduce plastic production will be crucial for an effective treaty to combat plastic pollution.

Global plastic treaty talks could hinge on China pledging to curb plastic production | KrASIA

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Global plastic treaty talks could hinge on China pledging to curb plastic production

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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Jeff Chay

Angel Investing

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.

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India

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

Deals in brief: Sfermion and Amber Group lead USD 1.8 million investment in Anichess, 11 China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Sfermion and Amber Group lead USD 1.8 million investment in Anichess, 11 China and India deals, and more

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Deals in brief: BillEase and Prep secure funding, Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional initiate MYR 3 billion fund with two partners, Thunes to acquire Tilia, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: BillEase and Prep secure funding, Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional initiate MYR 3 billion fund with two partners, Thunes to acquire Tilia, and more

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.

Gaming

KrASIA | Gaming Archives

Creative

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

Social commerce, gaming, local language-based businesses are a few spaces that investors can't miss in 2020.

Five new sectors that shined in India in 2019 | KrASIA Year in Review | KrASIA

Five new sectors that shined in India in 2019 | KrASIA Year in Review

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Visual Stories

E-sports earnings are largely relying on games themselves instead of competitions and clubs.

Infographic | Chinese e-sports industry earned USD 14 billion revenue in 2019 | KrASIA

Infographic | Chinese e-sports industry earned USD 14 billion revenue in 2019

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Julianna Wu

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

The gaming giant latest step to meet the Chinese government regulations over gaming addiction.

Tencent will take down 32 of its games for failing its own "Healthy Gameplay System" | KrASIA

Tencent will take down 32 of its games for failing its own &#8220;Healthy Gameplay System&#8221;

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

Entertainment

The company has reportedly beat out rivals Kuaishou, Huya, and Douyu to secure the deal.

Bilibili shells out USD 113 million for League of Legends World Championship streaming rights in China | KrASIA

Bilibili shells out USD 113 million for League of Legends World Championship streaming rights in China

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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Wency Chen

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

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JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

The Japanese games company partners with Tencent to clear regulatory hurdles.

Nintendo to market Switch console in China | KrASIA

Nintendo to market Switch console in China

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

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Infofed operates online and offline e-sport platforms and provides E-sports services to local and international brands.

Thailand e-sport startup Infofed secures pre-Series A funding by Japan’s GameWith | KrASIA

Thailand e-sport startup Infofed secures pre-Series A funding by Japan’s GameWith

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Khamila Mulia

Phones, consoles, PCs—professional gamers, casters, and streamers of every type are finding recognition in this Southeast Asian nation.

In Vietnam, e-sports turns passion into careers | KrASIA

In Vietnam, e-sports turns passion into careers

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Thu Huong Le

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

NetEase, Inc. is a Chinese Internet technology company providing online services centered on content, community, communications and commerce. The company was founded in 1997 by Lebunto. NetEase develops and operates online PC and mobile games, advertising services, email services and e-commerce platforms in China.

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Tencent and Huawei’s cloud gaming efforts demand massive speed and bandwidth that 5G is ready to provide.

China hopes cloud gaming will spur demand for 5G | KrASIA

China hopes cloud gaming will spur demand for 5G

The game publisher has also been criticized by many Chinese netizens.