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

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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. 

Short Video

Video

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.

Venture Capital

Singapore

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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The mysterious share price increase comes ahead of the company's first-quarter earnings release.

KEY STAT | Real estate platform Fangdd's stock price mysteriously soars 400% overnight | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Real estate platform Fangdd&#8217;s stock price mysteriously soars 400% overnight

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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

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

MedTech

After two years of delay, the medtech unicorn plans on an IPO in Hong Kong for the third quarter of 2020.

KEY STAT | Tencent-backed healthtech WeDoctor plans USD 900 million Hong Kong IPO | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Tencent-backed healthtech WeDoctor plans USD 900 million Hong Kong IPO

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

Alibaba

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

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

More US-listed Chinese companies are considering a secondary listing in Hong Kong, giving the financial hub a boost.

KEY STAT | Mainland companies account for almost 80% of Hong Kong Stock Exchange market cap | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Mainland companies account for almost 80% of Hong Kong Stock Exchange market cap

The Hong Kong stock exchange may expect more secondary listings as Chinese companies feel the chill from overseas capital markets.

TECH PANORAMA | Which will be the next Chinese company to file for 'homecoming' listing? [Update] | KrASIA

TECH PANORAMA | Which will be the next Chinese company to file for &#8216;homecoming&#8217; listing? [Update]

Edtech

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. The education industry is fast-reforming nowadays. 

Education

The company has been the target of many American due diligence firms after posting huge growth in the first quarter of 2020.

KEY STAT | Edtech GSX hit with nine short attacks in three months | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Edtech GSX hit with nine short attacks in three months

NetEase is the latest Chinese tech company to pursue a secondary IPO on a domestic exchange.

KEY STAT | NetEase oversubscribed 74 times in first two day of IPO | KrASIA

KEY STAT | NetEase oversubscribed 74 times in first two day of IPO

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

The steady growth of cloud computing in China allowed the niche sector for cloud system management to grow by 44.2% YoY.

KEY STAT | Huawei grabs a quarter of China's cloud management market in 2019 | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Huawei grabs a quarter of China&#8217;s cloud management market in 2019

Grocery Delivery

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

On-Demand Services

Nice Tuan experienced huge growth during the pandemic outbreak in China as people relied on grocery delivery.

KEY STAT | Social and grocery e-commerce startup Nice Tuan closes round C+ fundraising | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Social and grocery e-commerce startup Nice Tuan closes round C+ fundraising

ELEME Inc. is a platform that offers online food delivery service. It was founded in 2008 by Mark Zhang and Jack Kang in Minhang Campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Ele.me was acquired by the Alibaba Group in April 2018 and continues to operate independently.

ele.me

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.

Meituan

Food Delivery

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Travel

Expanding to numerous sectors these years, Meituan is feeling increasing pressure from Alibaba's local life service push.

Visual Stories

KEY STAT | Real estate platform Fangdd’s stock price mysteriously soars 400% overnight

KEY STAT | Tencent-backed healthtech WeDoctor plans USD 900 million Hong Kong IPO

KEY STAT | Mainland companies account for almost 80% of Hong Kong Stock Exchange market cap

TECH PANORAMA | Which will be the next Chinese company to file for ‘homecoming’ listing? [Update]

KEY STAT | Edtech GSX hit with nine short attacks in three months

KEY STAT | NetEase oversubscribed 74 times in first two day of IPO

KEY STAT | Huawei grabs a quarter of China’s cloud management market in 2019

KEY STAT | Social and grocery e-commerce startup Nice Tuan closes round C+ fundraising

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Meituan, from China’s Groupon mimicry to local service giant in 10 years

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South Korea flounders in quest to restrain power of online platforms

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

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