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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

5G is a commonly used term for certain advanced wireless systems. Industry association 3GPP defines any system using "5G NR" software as "5G", a definition that came into general use by late 2018. 

Music

The case represents "the first misuse of corporate power for personal purposes," according to an internal note by Huawei.

Huawei CEO apologizes for using corporate power to register trademarks for daughter | KrASIA

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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

Deep Tech

Health Tech

Guangzhou-based Vision Medicals focuses on gene technology innovation and infection precision medicine.

Tencent leads USD 31 million Series C round into gene technology firm Vision Medicals | KrASIA

Tencent leads USD 31 million Series C round into gene technology firm Vision Medicals

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

Beijing-based personal computer vendor Lenovo (HKSE: 0992) said Wednesday that it made USD 17.2 billion in revenue in the third fiscal quarter between October and December, a 22% year-on-year (YoY) increase, setting a new record in its corporate history.

Lenovo reports record quarterly earnings ahead of Shanghai listing | KrASIA

Lenovo reports record quarterly earnings ahead of Shanghai listing

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

Douyin

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

China's largest short-video platform Douyin on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Tencent for alleged monopolistic behavior, signaling an escalation of the rivalry between the two tech giants.

ByteDance's Douyin sues Tencent, claiming antitrust violations | KrASIA

ByteDance&#8217;s Douyin sues Tencent, claiming antitrust violations

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

Alibaba

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

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

E-Commerce

The portal, called Tencent Huiju, now looks like a centralized e-commerce marketplace, with promotions on the first page and a section called "All shops", which directs buyers to 12 categories of goods and services, such as fresh goods, menswear, womenswear, jewellery, medicine, and cooked food. Hundreds of companies including McDonald's, Adidas, Starbucks, and on-demand grocery delivery firms Dingdong Maicai and MissFresh all have a presence on Tencent Huiju.

Tencent pilots centralized portal for retailers' WeChat mini programs in new e-commerce attempt | KrASIA

Tencent pilots centralized portal for retailers&#8217; WeChat mini programs in new e-commerce attempt

Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

Xiaomi

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.

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.

The tech giant said it believes that the decision, which makes it impossible for US investors to buy into Xiaomi, was "factually incorrect and has deprived the company of legal due process." Xiaomi hopes that the US District Court for the District of Columbia would declare the decision illegal and reverse it.

Xiaomi files legal complaint against US ban | KrASIA

Xiaomi files legal complaint against US ban

NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

Xpeng

Electric Vehicles

The new capital can fully fund the production of the FF 91 model, the company says.

EV maker Faraday Future to list on Nasdaq via SPAC merger, gets investment from Geely | KrASIA

EV maker Faraday Future to list on Nasdaq via SPAC merger, gets investment from Geely

Baidu

Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

Autonomous Vehicles

The firm was granted a permit by Beijing and Changsha last year.

Baidu approved by California to test fully driverless vehicles | KrASIA

Baidu approved by California to test fully driverless vehicles

AutoX

The city says it hasn't issued an appropriate license yet.