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

Deep Tech

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

Spirit AI is playing to win in China’s embodied AI race.

Entrepreneurship is like “playing a game,” says Spirit AI co-founder Gao Yang

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How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

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

Entertainment

What sets the world’s soundtrack? Follow streaming royalties, label strategies, and genre shifts guiding the global music industry’s rhythm.

Music

With fans showing up in all weather and at any price, the concert economy is taking center stage in China.

Three hours onstage, and an economy moves: Inside China’s concert boom

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

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

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

WeChat, Tencent’s superapp, combines messaging, social media, mobile payments, and mini-programs, streamlining daily tasks for over a billion users.

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What drives digital storytelling? Examine content creation, distribution channels, and media platforms connecting audiences worldwide.

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

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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

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Tencent’s game streaming mega merger hit a regulatory wall, so who lost out?

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Kuaishou, best known for its short video platform, drives user-generated content, influencer marketing, and community engagement through shareable clips.

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Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

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Kuaishou adds informative livestreamed content as growth in entertainment vertical slows. Topics include childcare, financial literacy, and legal matters.

Kuaishou adds informative livestreamed content as growth in entertainment vertical stalls

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Tencent launches facial recognition function to regulate minors’ time spent gaming. The move is meant to curtail myopia and video game addictions.

Tencent launches facial recognition function to regulate minors’ time spent gaming

What drives global exploration? Discover evolving tourism trends, hospitality services, and the shift toward personalized travel experiences.

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Livestream travel platform Qinker nets eight-figure-yuan Series A while travel bookings surge in China. Qinker transitioned from OTA sales to livestreams.

Livestream platform Qinker nets Series A while travel bookings surge

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Sunita Kaur shares her learnings from leading teams at tech giants such as Twitch, Facebook, Microsoft and Spotify.

Sunita Kaur, senior vice president at Twitch, on building her own board of directors and why ‘speaking up’ is not a true marker of leadership

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Annabelle Lim

India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

India

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

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RedSeer projects the Indian social commerce sector to become a USD 7 billion opportunity by 2025, contributing up to 5% to the total e-commerce market.

Indian adtech unicorn InMobi in talks to acquire social commerce startup Shop101

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Bigo’s platforms (like Bigo Live) enable interactive live streaming, connecting users with influencers, events, and entertainment content.

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Once billed as a challenger to TikTok, Bigo now lags behind despite its best efforts to catch up. In February, Li Xueling, the CEO and founder of Nasdaq-listed Joyy Inc., took over the daily management of Bigo, which is the best-performing subsidiary of Joyy, people familiar with the matter told Chinese online media the LatePost.

Inside Li Xueling's return to the helm at Bigo: The struggle to refloat a former TikTok challenger

Inside Li Xueling&#8217;s return to the helm at Bigo: The struggle to refloat a former TikTok challenger

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Terence Fong

Netflix streams films, TV series, and documentaries, revolutionizing how audiences consume on-demand entertainment worldwide.

Netflix

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

A report by IAMAI and Nielsen said rural India had 227 million active internet users, while urban India accounted for 205 million users.

Indian video streaming companies battle global giants for foothold in smaller cities | Tales from India's Towns

Indian video streaming companies battle global giants for foothold in smaller cities | Tales from India&#8217;s Towns

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