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

Kuaishou

Douyin

live-streaming

Kuaishou, the social video platform backed by Tencent, and already a unicorn startup, is targeting RMB 30 billion (USD 4.36 billion) in revenue as well as

Douyin competitor Kuaishou targets USD 4 billion in revenue and profitability in 2019 | KrASIA

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Douyin competitor Kuaishou targets USD 4 billion in revenue and profitability in 2019

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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Lao Bei

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

NetEase

Tencent

The sector was stifled by regulation last year.

China’s gaming market show signs of recovery in Q1 2019 | KrASIA

China’s gaming market show signs of recovery in Q1 2019

Amazon.com, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Amazon is the largest e-commerce marketplace and cloud computing platform in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization. 

Amazon

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

E-Commerce

Amazon may be leaving China, but China won't be leaving Amazon any time soon.

Chinese vendors thrive on Amazon as the e-commerce giant folds in China | KrASIA

Chinese vendors thrive on Amazon as the e-commerce giant folds in China

Alibaba

netflix

Youku

Netflix has bought the rights to “I Hear You,” a romantic comedy TV show produced by Alibaba’s Youku video service, which is similar to its US peer.

Netflix buys Chinese TV series from Alibaba’s Youku | KrASIA

Netflix buys Chinese TV series from Alibaba’s Youku

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

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

Douyin’s strengths in short video virality, along with the network of internet stars on its platform, could put it in an enviable position to capitalize on influencers and social e-commerce.

Douyin set to add “Products” category to its search bar | KrASIA

Douyin set to add “Products” category to its search bar

Tmall

Major cultural institutions are launching stores on Tmall to capitalize on the growing demand for their products.

New York's Met Museum launches a flagship on Alibaba's Tmall | KrASIA

New York&#8217;s Met Museum launches a flagship on Alibaba&#8217;s Tmall

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.

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

Tencent looks set to make more money from advertising.

WeChat launches a third ad slot in Moments feed | KrASIA

WeChat launches a third ad slot in Moments feed

Boiler Room

music

This was the company's first return to China in three years.

Live music streaming pioneer Boiler Room touches down in China | KrASIA

Live music streaming pioneer Boiler Room touches down in China

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

Beibei

Beidian

mom and baby products

social commerce

Anyone can open a shop on Beidian to sell and share products, and receive commissions from sales.