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Proponents and opponents of regulation both spurn South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's attempt at compromise.

South Korea flounders in quest to restrain power of online platforms | KrASIA

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

Entertainment

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

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. 

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Gaming and ad growth help Bilibili hit a profit, but sustaining this trajectory could be challenging.

Bilibili hits profitability milestone but faces big questions about its staying power | KrASIA

Bilibili hits profitability milestone but faces big questions about its staying power

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

Deals in brief: Podium nets Series A1 funding, Gyges Labs backed to redefine wearables, xAI raises USD 5 billion, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Podium nets Series A1 funding, Gyges Labs backed to redefine wearables, xAI raises USD 5 billion, and more

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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

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

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A summary of what these companies did right to survive, rise, and shine from the global health crisis.

TECH PANORAMA | Companies using digitization to boost business amid the COVID-19 outbreak | KrASIA

TECH PANORAMA | Companies using digitization to boost business amid the COVID-19 outbreak

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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.

Boasting clients like Bank of China and Shanghai Pudong Airport, CloudWalk secured fresh funding from state-backed funds.

KEY STAT | Chinese facial recognition unicorn aims for Star Market IPO | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Chinese facial recognition unicorn aims for Star Market IPO

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

Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals. It was founded by Colin Huang as Shanghai Dream Information Technology Co., Ltd. in September 2015.

Pinduoduo

Chinese e-commerce stocks soar following Chinese Labor Day sales campaigns.

KEY STAT | Pinduoduo surpasses e-commerce rival JD.com in market cap | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Pinduoduo surpasses e-commerce rival JD.com in market cap

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

Alibaba

The Canadian cafe chain aims to tap on China's online coffee market, following the rise of several coffee brands in recent years.

KEY STAT | Tencent to aid Tim Hortons' expansion in China | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Tencent to aid Tim Hortons&#8217; expansion in China

Kuaishou (Chinese: 快手) is a platform for recording with millions of original fresh videos everyday.

Kuaishou

The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of hardware, these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

Gree Chairwomen Dong Mingzhu will continue livestreaming to bolster the brand's online presence, having conducted shows on both Douyin and Kuaishou already.

KEY STAT | China's “aircon queen” sells USD 44 million worth of goods in one livestreaming session on Kuaishou | KrASIA

KEY STAT | China&#8217;s “aircon queen” sells USD 44 million worth of goods in one livestreaming session on Kuaishou

Major demand from users amid the COVID-19 outbreak didn't necessarily lead to investments.

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | We analyzed this year's investment deals in China and here are the findings | KrASIA

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | We analyzed this year&#8217;s investment deals in China and here are the findings

SoftBank Group Corp. is a holding company that engages in the management of its group companies which provides information technology and telecommunication services. It operates through the following segments: Mobile Communications, Sprint, Fixed-line Telecommunications, Internet, and Others. 

Softbank

The firm pivots to after-sales services, as user vehicle demand crashes during the COVID-19 outbreak.

KEY STAT | Automotive platform Chehaoduo bags USD 200 million from SoftBank and Sequoia China | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Automotive platform Chehaoduo bags USD 200 million from SoftBank and Sequoia China

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A Bilibili commercial celebrating National Youth Day went viral amid China's 5-day labor day holiday, helping boost the video streaming platform's stock performance.

KEY STAT | Bilibili's market capital increased USD 480 million in one day | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Bilibili&#8217;s market capital increased USD 480 million in one day

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.

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The ambitious leadership behind ByteDance is planning international expansion while leaving the China market to trusted hands who created Douyin and TikTok.

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TECH PANORAMA | Companies using digitization to boost business amid the COVID-19 outbreak

KEY STAT | Chinese facial recognition unicorn aims for Star Market IPO

KEY STAT | Pinduoduo surpasses e-commerce rival JD.com in market cap

KEY STAT | Tencent to aid Tim Hortons’ expansion in China

KEY STAT | China’s “aircon queen” sells USD 44 million worth of goods in one livestreaming session on Kuaishou

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | We analyzed this year’s investment deals in China and here are the findings

KEY STAT | Automotive platform Chehaoduo bags USD 200 million from SoftBank and Sequoia China

KEY STAT | Bilibili’s market capital increased USD 480 million in one day

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Meet the people behind the most downloaded social app amid COVID-19 outbreak

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