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Shipments were up 12.7% in October, marking the fastest growth in two years.

China exports soar past forecast as factories front-run Trump tariff threat | KrASIA

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China exports soar past forecast as factories front-run Trump tariff threat

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

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Nikkei Asia

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

China Tech

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

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

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

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

Game titles like Honor of Kings and Valorant remain key drivers of Tencent’s growth.

Tencent’s operating profit climbs 19%, fueled by gaming and fintech gains | KrASIA

Tencent’s operating profit climbs 19%, fueled by gaming and fintech gains

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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36Kr English

Bilibili

Content

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

Entertainment

Live Streaming

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

Video

Bilibili has turned profitable, driven by rising user engagement and effective monetization strategies.

Bilibili posts first-ever profit as ad and gaming revenues surge | KrASIA

Bilibili posts first-ever profit as ad and gaming revenues surge

KrASIA | News Archives

Investment

It has disbursed working capital to internet businesses in categories including edtech, B2B SaaS, personal care, home care, health foods, and fashion & apparel.

Indian fintech startup GetVantage raises USD 5 million to finance direct-to-consumer businesses | KrASIA

Indian fintech startup GetVantage raises USD 5 million to finance direct-to-consumer businesses

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Avanish Tiwary

Gojek is a transportation network company and logistics startup company based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Gojek

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 

Grab

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Food Delivery

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

Thailand’s online food delivery market revenue is expected to reach USD 275 million in 2020.

Thai Siam Commercial Bank launches new food delivery platform | KrASIA

Thai Siam Commercial Bank launches new food delivery platform

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Stephanie Li

Amazon India

Flipkart

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Flipkart group garnered 68% of the total value of goods sold by Amazon and Flipkart.

Flipkart beats out Amazon in first leg of India's festive season sales | KrASIA

Flipkart beats out Amazon in first leg of India&#8217;s festive season sales

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

Japan, Korea, and the West

Samsung

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

Hardware

Smartphones

Company is first in Asia to receive permit as chip suppliers are left waiting.

Samsung Display wins US license to supply panels to Huawei | KrASIA

Samsung Display wins US license to supply panels to Huawei

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

Apple

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

Google

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

Tencent share prices rose 4.1 % on Tuesday following the court's decision.

US appeals court squashes WeChat ban, Tencent share price shoots up | KrASIA

US appeals court squashes WeChat ban, Tencent share price shoots up

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

Ant Group grand IPO to raise USD 34.5 billion

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

Alibaba

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

Ant Group's shares will be ready for public trading in Shanghai and Hong Kong next week.

KEY STAT | Ant Group sets prices to raise USD 34.5 billion in the world's biggest dual IPO | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Ant Group sets prices to raise USD 34.5 billion in the world&#8217;s biggest dual IPO

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Julianna Wu

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

However, only USD 75 million has raised, short of its USD 80 million target.   

Genesia Ventures closes USD 75 million fund to invest in Japanese and Southeast Asian startups | KrASIA

Genesia Ventures closes USD 75 million fund to invest in Japanese and Southeast Asian startups

Tesla

Electric Vehicles

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

Top Chinese car-sharing company Gofun closed its first fundraising round since 2017.

Unlicensed Tesla-sharing service emerges in China, putting spotlight on once thriving industry | KrASIA

Unlicensed Tesla-sharing service emerges in China, putting spotlight on once thriving industry

Aleph Farms plans to produce lab-grown meat in space

A rendering of Aleph Farms' BioFarm. Courtesy of Aleph Farms via NoCamels.

MENA

The food industry is booming! Both traditional companies and startups are using technology to transform the dynamics of the food sector.

Food Tech

Aleph Farms experimented with producing slaughter-free steak at the International Space Station last year.

Aleph Farms looks to take its lab-grown meat production to space | KrASIA

Aleph Farms looks to take its lab-grown meat production to space

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