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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.

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Semiconductors

The Chinese tech company is spending billions, snapping up talent in its battle against the US crackdown.

Huawei building vast chip equipment R&D center in Shanghai | KrASIA

Huawei building vast chip equipment R&#038;D center in Shanghai

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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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Douyin

Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

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Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

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Meituan Shangou, its quick commerce business, could play a significant role in its strategy to counter competition from main rival Douyin.

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With Douyin looming, Meituan shifts focus back to its core business

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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. 

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The phone maker and 5G facility provider is testing its own search engine to replace Google Mobile Services on its gadgets.

KEY STAT | Huawei app store reaches 400 million monthly active users worldwide | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Huawei app store reaches 400 million monthly active users worldwide

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The company expects its first quarter 2020 revenue to drop 5 - 13% year-on-year as affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak.

KEY STAT | Baidu warns of weak Q1 2020 prospects after Q4 profits rebound | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Baidu warns of weak Q1 2020 prospects after Q4 profits rebound

NetEase, Inc. is a Chinese Internet technology company providing online services centered on content, community, communications and commerce. The company was founded in 1997 by Lebunto. NetEase develops and operates online PC and mobile games, advertising services, email services and e-commerce platforms in China.

NetEase

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

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

China's second-biggest game publisher's gaming revenue excesses RMB 10 billion for the 9th quarter straight.

KEY STAT | NetEase 2019 revenue reaches USD 8.5 billion on gaming growth | KrASIA

KEY STAT | NetEase 2019 revenue reaches USD 8.5 billion on gaming growth

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

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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

Short video becomes a news channel and live-stream platform amid the coronavirus outbreak.

KEY STAT | TikTok surpasses WhatsApp to become the world's most downloaded app in January | KrASIA

KEY STAT | TikTok surpasses WhatsApp to become the world&#8217;s most downloaded app in January

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

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“Sky + Ground + Information Network” gives SF Express an edge to grow in spite of a gloomy industry environment.

KEY STAT | SF Express crosses RMB 100 billion revenue mark in 2019 | KrASIA

KEY STAT | SF Express crosses RMB 100 billion revenue mark in 2019

Be & Cheery value increased more than 5 times in 4 years.

KEY STAT | Pepsi snags Chinese snack maker Be & Cheery for USD 705 million | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Pepsi snags Chinese snack maker Be &#038; Cheery for USD 705 million

Medical-related sectors become a popular investment option amid the coronavirus outbreak.

KEY STAT | Hillhouse Capital to launch RMB 10 billion fund for startups in China | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Hillhouse Capital to launch RMB 10 billion fund for startups in China

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

Alibaba

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Medical technology, or "medtech", encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to treat diseases and medical conditions affecting humans. 

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Mobile games, short-video apps, and online medical services are some sectors who saw growth.

Infographic | Coronavirus-impacted economy brings new opportunities to these tech sectors | KrASIA

Infographic | Coronavirus-impacted economy brings new opportunities to these tech sectors

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

Kuaishou

Short-video apps are taking over Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent as the biggest spenders on the holiday campaign.

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KEY STAT | Huawei app store reaches 400 million monthly active users worldwide

KEY STAT | Baidu warns of weak Q1 2020 prospects after Q4 profits rebound

KEY STAT | NetEase 2019 revenue reaches USD 8.5 billion on gaming growth

KEY STAT | TikTok surpasses WhatsApp to become the world’s most downloaded app in January

KEY STAT | SF Express crosses RMB 100 billion revenue mark in 2019

KEY STAT | Pepsi snags Chinese snack maker Be & Cheery for USD 705 million

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