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Mapping China’s biotech titans
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Mapping China’s biotech titans

Mapping China’s biotech sector: Key players, top investors, and funding insights in one report.
Aya Lin · · 1 min read
Hillhouse, ByteDance, and Shein’s dance around the China question
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Hillhouse, ByteDance, and Shein’s dance around the China question

Hillhouse Capital and Shein may have moved their headquarters to Singapore, but their ties to China run deep.
Ivy Yang · · 4 min read
Inside StashAway’s efforts to cut its losses by half

Inside StashAway’s efforts to cut its losses by half

Opening Bell 🔔 is Tech in Asia’s free newsletter that brings you the biggest news and latest trends around Asia’s publicly listed tech companies.
Samreen Ahmad · · 4 min read
Apple to ramp up investment in Vietnam

Apple to ramp up investment in Vietnam

The US tech titan has since 2019 invested US$15.8 billion through its local supply chain in the country.
Samreen Ahmad · · 1 min read
Tencent buys maker of hit Nintendo Switch games
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Tencent buys maker of hit Nintendo Switch games

Tencent acquired a 90% stake in Japanese gaming studio Wake Up Interactive for nearly US$44 million, Bloomberg reported.
Samreen Ahmad · · 1 min read

East Ventures leads $1.6m round of AI-backed language learning firm

T-Lab’s Chinese language courses use AI gamification to stimulate students’ interests and keep them engaged.
Samreen Ahmad · · 1 min read
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Chinese livestreaming firm Joyy posts revenue of $578m in Q4

Joyy reported US$578 million in revenue for the last quarter of 2020, but this excludes YY Live, which was sold to Baidu in October.
Deepti Sri · · 1 min read
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Report: Messaging app Line allowed Chinese engineers access to data without users’ consent

The engineers were said to have been given access to Line users’ names, telephone numbers and email addresses.
Deepti Sri · · 1 min read

Opinion: The new Chinese sharing economy does not exist

There has been a lot of talk about China’s new sharing economy. But all this misses out on the fact that there is a new Chinese disruptor.
Jeffrey Towson · · 4 min read

Mark Zuckerberg gives speech in Chinese about having a strong sense of mission

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg was at Beijing’s Tsinghua University on Saturday where he gave a 22-minute speak entirely in Chinese. English subtitles included.
Steven Millward · · 1 min read