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hinese e-commerce giant JD.com said on Wednesday that it will spin off its cloud and AI business valued at RMB 15.7 billion (USD 2.4 billion) to JD Digits, according to a filing with the SEC. While JD won't get any cash from the deal, it will increase its equity interest in JD Digits to about 42%.

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Video-streaming platform Bilibili (NASDAQ: BILI; HKEX: 9626) fell 2.29% in the morning session in Hong Kong, after opening for trading at HKD 790 on Monday, raising USD 2.6 billion.

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Bilibili fights for China&#8217;s online audience with USD 2.6 billion listing

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Singaporean Chew Shou Zi will join ByteDance after leaving consumer electronics giant Xiaomi (HKSE: 1810), according to an announcement on his verified Weibo account."I will join ByteDance as the CFO so that I can be based in my hometown Singapore 18 years after I left," said Chew, who served as CFO for Xiaomi between 2015 and 2020, leading the company through a successful initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong Stock exchange in 2018.

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With investor excitement cooling toward Chinese technology stocks, search engine operator Baidu edged just slightly higher on its market debut in Hong Kong on Tuesday, while streaming service Bilibili priced its stock sale well below the maximum it had set earlier.

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