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

Alibaba

Taobao

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

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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

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

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

Tencent’s latest update to WeChat Pay targets an improved mobile payment experience for foreign visitors to China. How does it compare to Alipay?

Tencent updates WeChat Pay to facilitate easier payments for foreign visitors | KrASIA

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Tencent updates WeChat Pay to facilitate easier payments for foreign visitors

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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: RayGen and Uncharted secure funding, Temasek and BlackRock close USD 1.4 billion climate fund, Bahrain’s Investcorp teams up with China, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: RayGen and Uncharted secure funding, Temasek and BlackRock close USD 1.4 billion climate fund, Bahrain’s Investcorp teams up with China, and more

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Japan

The industry is aiming to start mutual use of QR code payment systems in Southeast Asia and India by Expo 2025 Osaka.

Japan to collaborate on Chinese payment services with joint QR code | KrASIA

Japan to collaborate on Chinese payment services with joint QR code

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

China Tech

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

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

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

Transportation

Electric vehicle

The partnership bolsters Huawei’s portfolio of automaking alliances, broadening its presence in the electric vehicle market.

Huawei and JAC Group to develop pure-electric MPV model, targeting an annual output of 35,000 units | KrASIA

Huawei and JAC Group to develop pure-electric MPV model, targeting an annual output of 35,000 units

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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Deals in brief: Kaya Founders announces second close of two funds, AnyMind Group to acquire Arche Digital, eight China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Kaya Founders announces second close of two funds, AnyMind Group to acquire Arche Digital, eight China and India deals, and more

Chinese automakers and shipbuilders team up to support exports.

BYD to deploy fleet of eight car carriers to underpin global EV expansion | KrASIA

BYD to deploy fleet of eight car carriers to underpin global EV expansion

Deals in brief: Indonesia-based Blitz extends oversubscribed seed round, B Capital secures USD 750 million to close new fund, eight China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Indonesia-based Blitz extends oversubscribed seed round, B Capital secures USD 750 million to close new fund, eight China and India deals, and more

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

A blockchain, originally block chain, is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data.

Blockchain

Digital Banks

ant group

Under the new structure, Ant International, OceanBase, and Ant Digital Technologies will function as independent subsidiaries.

Ant Group names new president and spins off three businesses in major restructuring | KrASIA

Ant Group names new president and spins off three businesses in major restructuring

Deals in brief: Accredify extends Series A round, Nvidia invests in Ubitus, Cisco and Sensor Tower complete key acquisitions, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Accredify extends Series A round, Nvidia invests in Ubitus, Cisco and Sensor Tower complete key acquisitions, and more

Climate

Deep Tech

Energy

Production facilities and pipelines are being built in the country's vast inland regions.

China goes big on green hydrogen using renewable energy surplus | KrASIA

China goes big on green hydrogen using renewable energy surplus

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.

Bytedance

Deals in brief: Tencent acquires two ByteDance gaming studios, Mitsubishi invests in Tier IV, six China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Tencent acquires two ByteDance gaming studios, Mitsubishi invests in Tier IV, six China and India deals, and more

Japan, Korea, and the West

Tesla

The Lunar New Year and rising local competition have fuelled the EV maker's dip.