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Trends
China leaves Huawei founder off honor roll marking 40 years of economic success
In the lead up to China’s 40th anniversary of reforms and opening up, People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of the ruling…
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WeChat e-wallet teams up with Line to target Japan’s 7M Chinese tourists
China’s biggest chat app WeChat is set to make its payments service more ubiquitous in Japan, a popular outbound desitnation…
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Enterprise messaging startup Eko Communications raises $20M for its European expansion
After focusing on Asian markets, particularly in Southeast Asia, Bangkok-based Eko Communications is getting ready to take on Slack, Microsoft…
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China’s Geek+ raises $150M to build robots for warehouses and logistics
One of the most immediate — and already live — applications for robotics and artificial intelligence in general has been…
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Finance
Cross-border fintech startup Instarem raises $20M for global expansion
Instarem, a Singapore-based startup that helps banks transfer money overseas cheaply, has raised a Series C round of over $20…
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Tencent e-wallet is following Alibaba to Hong Kong subways
China’s payments giants have taken their battle to Hong Kong. Less than a week after Ant Financial announced adding QR…
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Google’s News Initiative heads to APAC with grants of up to $300K for media orgs
Google is expanding its efforts to support media to Asia Pacific after the search giant brought its Google News Initiative…
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WeWork is getting serious about China
Since its entry into China in 2016, WeWork has extended from four to around 60 locations across the country’s megacities…
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Google’s Neighbourly app is rolling out across India now, and it’s actually pretty neat
In May, Google launched Neighbourly, a Q&A app to help you learn more about your neighborhood by asking people who…
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