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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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China’s hottest news app Jinri Toutiao announces new CEO
You may not have heard of ByteDance, but you probably know its red-hot video app TikTok, which gobbled up Musical.ly in August.…
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China’s Craigslist continues growth after netting 100 million small-town users
58.com, the Craiglist of China, is making a massive push to pick up rural users as it hedges China’s economic uncertainties.…
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Hong Kong is adding QR code payments to its subway stations
A new dispatch from our ‘QR Codes Are Very Much Alive In Asia’ reporting program: Hong Kong’s subway system will…
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Baidu leads $300M investment to bring its search smarts to elevator ads
China’s largest search engine Baidu is getting an offline revenue boost after it led a $300 million strategic round in…
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Alibaba cuts its revenue forecast as growth slackens
Alibaba’s long stretch of growth finally broke after the Chinese e-commerce giant reported somewhat underwhelming financial results for its Q2…
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Korean lending startup PeopleFund raises $11M led by chat app Kakao’s payment unit
South Korean peer-to-peer lending startup PeopleFund is in the money itself after it raised an $11 million Series B funding round…
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