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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
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  Awards

  Pony Ma, Stuart Gulliver, Charles Li win FinanceAsia honours

  HKEx supremo is named capital markets person of the year, and there are awards for outgoing HSBC chief and the tycoon behind Tencent.

  By Ray Chan | 31 January 2018
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  M&A

  Second time’s a charm for Wanda's O2O bet

  Troubled property firm teams up again with internet giant Tencent as it seeks a solution for its commercial property arm ahead of a relisting deadline. Will it do better than a previous tie-up?

  By Ann Shi | 30 January 2018
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  Companies

  Education unicorn VIPKID has lesson for investors

  The online learning platform has enjoyed success connecting Chinese learners to English teachers in the US. It's now looking to do the reverse.

  By Ann Shi | 19 December 2017
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  Equity

  LexinFintech starts IPO amid sector crackdown

  Beijing’s recent crackdown in the peer-to-peer lending sector does not seem to have affected the fundraising plans of some online micro lenders.

  By Danny Leung | 14 December 2017
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  Companies

  Self-driving cars bring talent back to China

  Some of the brightest Chinese talents in the booming AI sector are returning home to a country poised to become the world's largest market for autonomous vehicles. Investors are taking note.

  By Ann Shi | 6 November 2017
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  M&A

  Should I stay or should I go? Coping with Cfius woes

  Chinese buyers caught in a US regulatory quagmire can take their chances with smaller deals or hope a massive shake-up of Washington's dealings with Beijing brings a little clarity.

  By Ann Shi | 26 October 2017
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  Equity

  China Literature's HK IPO set to be a bestseller

  Tencent's e-book platform will be one of the most hotly-contested Hong Kong IPOs among institutional and retail investors for quite some time.

  By Danny Leung | 23 October 2017