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Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

iFLYTEK

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Creative

Deep Tech

Singapore

Singapore will feature heavily in iFlytek's regional expansion plans, serving as its operational hub within Southeast Asia.

iFlytek opens Southeast Asia headquarters in Singapore, eyes regional growth | KrASIA

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iFlytek opens Southeast Asia headquarters in Singapore, eyes regional growth

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

KrASIA

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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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.

Venture Capital

India

Kazakhstan

Korea

Malaysia

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

Deals in brief: Uber to buy Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda in Taiwan, Hysata lands USD 111.3 million in Series B funding, Active Surfaces closes oversubscribed pre-seed round, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Uber to buy Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda in Taiwan, Hysata lands USD 111.3 million in Series B funding, Active Surfaces closes oversubscribed pre-seed round, and more

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Jeff Chay

Baidu

Japan, Korea, and the West

Tesla

autonomous driving

baidu

self-driving

The US carmaker has cleared regulatory obstacles, but the timetable remains unclear.

Tesla to work with Baidu in push to offer self-driving tech in China | KrASIA

Tesla to work with Baidu in push to offer self-driving tech 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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Nikkei Asia

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

Dream11

Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

India Tech

The 13-year-old Tiger Global-backed company is the largest gaming platform in India, with a nearly USD 5 billion valuation.

Indian gaming unicorn Dream Sports sets up USD 250 million fund to invest and acquire startups | KrASIA

Indian gaming unicorn Dream Sports sets up USD 250 million fund to invest and acquire startups

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Axie Infinity’s meteoric rise represents the mainstreamization of the play-to-earn game industry. DAUs hit 800,000 in July, up 173% from January’s 16,000.

What does Axie Infinity’s meteoric rise tell us about the play-to-earn game industry? | KrASIA

What does Axie Infinity’s meteoric rise tell us about the play-to-earn game industry?

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Stephanie Li

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.

Bytedance

Douyin

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

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. 

Short Video

Tencent wins copyright infringement case against Douyin. ByteDance has lost another court case against Tencent for hosting videos involving Honor of Kings.

Tencent wins copyright infringement case against Douyin | KrASIA

Tencent wins copyright infringement case against Douyin

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Jiaxing Li

Krafton's stock declined 9.9% at the open from its initial public offering price. Still, developer behind 'PUBG' becomes biggest listed gaming company.

South Korea's Krafton plunges in Seoul stock market debut | KrASIA

South Korea&#8217;s Krafton plunges in Seoul stock market debut

Bilibili

Bilibili launches new online games as regulators tame the sector

Bilibili launches new online games as regulators tame the sector | KrASIA

An Honor of Kings tournament in Haikou, Hainan, China, on June 3, 2018. Source: Tuchong.

Live Streaming

China has the world’s tightest rules for video games, and they may get even stricter. Tencent has proposed changes to gameplay for Honor of Kings.

China has the world’s tightest rules for video games, and they may get even stricter | KrASIA

China has the world’s tightest rules for video games, and they may get even stricter

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Mengyuan Ge

State media labels Chinese online games as “opium” and sends shares of gaming companies in freefall.

State media blasts Chinese online games as 'spiritual opium,' sends shares of game companies in freefall | KrASIA

State media blasts Chinese online games as &#8216;spiritual opium,&#8217; sends shares of game companies in freefall

WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

Wechat

Content

Tencent suspends new user registration for WeChat as tech crackdown shows no signs of halting. he firm said it is performing a “security upgrade.”

Tencent suspends new user registration for WeChat as tech crackdown shows no signs of halting | KrASIA

Tencent suspends new user registration for WeChat as tech crackdown shows no signs of halting

Institutional investors are showing strong interest in the company's listing procedures ahead of its debut on the Seoul stock market next month.