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One of Tujia’s new backers is a VC that has invested in Airbnb.

China now leads the world in outbound tourism. That, among other factors, could tilt the scales in favor of Chinese unicorn Tujia’s expansion in the rest of Asia as well.

China’s answer to Airbnb is now scaling up across Southeast Asia, Korea, and Japan as well, to serve the rapidly growing numbers of outbound Chinese travelers.

Airbnb has 2 million listings worldwide, but reportedly only around 30,000 in China. What gives?

China’s startups pulled in over US$35 billion in investment cash in 2015. After all that, let’s see who are now the top-funded startups.

With 2015 coming to a close, we set our sights on the startups that we think could surprise us next year.

Using our own data on funding rounds, we’ve compiled a list of the 15 web and tech startups that became billion-dollar babies in 2015.

The Chinese entrepreneurs on this list are rising stars. Some have already had successes, while others are just starting out.

This summer saw investors throw around a lot of money. Here’s a list of Asia’s biggest startup unicorns as they now stand.

With the Chinese public markets getting a lot of unwanted attention as of late, I thought it would be interesting to look at the health of its private markets. Since