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  M&A

  China Literature goes to the movies; investors see a flop

  Tencent’s e-book unit buys Chinese film studio for $2.3 billion. It's betting on turning its huge stockpile of stories into big-screen blockbusters, but the deal is a horror show for its share price.

  By Danny Leung | 14 August 2018
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  Equity

  Medlinker raises $147m as China's healthcare field widens

  Tencent-backed startup secures new funding round and eyes M&A deals, as well as tapping artificial intelligence and big data.

  By Fay Fu | 31 July 2018
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  M&A

  Q&A: How Alibaba data will feed Ele.me's hunger for growth

  With a battle raging for China's food delivery dollar, Ele.me sees parent company Alibaba's trove of user information as the secret ingredient for success over Tencent's Meituan.

  By Ray Chan | 30 July 2018
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  Equity

  Why investors love China's loss-making health startups

  No profit, no problem: a string of Chinese healthcare firms are riding momentum from strong policy support and a vast consumer market all the way to IPOs. But it's not too late to find a good deal.

  By Fay Fu | 20 July 2018
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  Equity

  Why Pinduoduo is unlikely to detach itself from Tencent

  In the run-up to its $1.6 billion US IPO, high-flying Chinese online shopping app pushes the message it is not a Tencent affiliate. It's not quite as simple as that ...

  By Danny Leung | 18 July 2018
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  Equity

  Future of education: VIPKID raises $500m for e-learning

  China’s leading online education platform is now worth more than most publicly listed school operators as investors endorse e-learning as the new form of education.

  By Danny Leung | 21 June 2018
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  Equity

  Foxconn IPO locks in heavyweight Chinese tech firms

  Amid the retail feeding frenzy, Hon Hai Precision Industry’s smart factory unit lures in key Chinese investors in the largest Shanghai IPO since 2015. Will this guarantee success?

  By Andrew Wright | 28 May 2018
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  Opinion

  What GDPR means for Asia’s tech giants

  Brussels is taking the lead on curtailing internet platforms’ privacy invasions and market power: bad news for investors in the digital economy and ecosystems that have built their business models on big data analysis. It heralds the end of self-regulation.

  By Alison Tudor-Ackroyd | 25 May 2018
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  Equity

  Breaking the code: Behind Alipay's & WeChat's overseas push

  China's fintech leaders are expanding across Asia into payments based on QR code technology. This push poses a threat to users' privacy across the region and represents a risk for investors.

  By Alison Tudor-Ackroyd | 21 May 2018
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  M&A

  FlipKart sale cues war for India's e-wallet

  Competition gets hotter than a vindaloo as the global e-commerce and e-payments battle between Walmart, Amazon, Alibaba and Tencent enters India.

  By Andrew Wright , Ray Chan | 10 May 2018
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  Opinion

  Why WeDoctor took its $500m injection from unlikely sources

  Two leading Hong Kong conglomerates, AIA Company and NWS Holdings, join CICFH as lead strategic investors in the Tencent-backed internet healthcare platform.

  By Andrew Wright | 9 May 2018
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  Equity

  Why Goldman Sachs is getting back into Chinese autos

  The Wall Street bank joins Tencent and Didi Chuxing in backing four-year-old car trading app Renrenche, marking its return to China’s automobile market after an eight-year hiatus.

  By Danny Leung | 27 April 2018
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  Companies

  Pinduoduo: why China's e-commerce dark horse is on the rise

  The founder of the high-flying shopping site explains its competitive edge in the face of China's near-duopoly in e-commerce and bigger rivals Taobao and JD.com.

  By Danny Leung | 26 April 2018
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  Equity

  What truck app's huge haul says about China's logistics boom

  Softbank, Alphabet and Tencent join venture capital, private equity firms to pump $1.9 billion into truck-hailing portal Manbang. The deal underlines the heat around China's logistics sector.

  By Danny Leung | 24 April 2018
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  Equity

  Volatility takes shine off golden age for Asian follow-ons

  Follow-on activity is starting to pick up across Asia, but volatility is making after-market performance difficult to judge for buyers and sellers alike.

  By Jackie Horne | 6 April 2018
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  Debt

  NIP in the air. Is winter coming for Asia's bond markets?

  Issuers are coming to terms with the alien concept of a new issue premium (NIP) as Asian bond markets suffer a difficult start to the year. Where will they go from here?

  By Jackie Horne | 6 April 2018
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  Equity

  Tencent barely shaken by record-breaking selldown

  Shares held up well after a gigantic $9.8 billion block sale by its biggest shareholder amid fears of a trade war between China and the US.

  By Danny Leung | 23 March 2018
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  M&A

  Why Tencent's Pony Ma is making a play for Ubisoft

  The Chinese tech giant is paying $456 million for 5% stake in the company behind Rainbow Six and Assassin’s Creed, extending a global gaming shopping spree.

  By Danny Leung | 22 March 2018
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  Companies

  How JD.com broke logistics fundraising record

  The e-commerce giant’s decision to carve out its own space in the booming logistics sector pays off as big-name investors pile in. It will spend big on automation, exploiting robotics, drone delivery.

  By Ann Shi | 14 February 2018
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  Markets

  Tencent and social credit scoring: the risk tech titans have to take

  It's a perfect way for tech giants to commercialise their vast collections of data. But will public and private plans to build credit databases come into conflict?

  By Ann Shi | 6 February 2018