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Tencent CEO Pony Ma blasts employees for laziness, not cutting costs

Tencent, the world's largest game developer, has had to survive a crackdown in China and a slowing global game market.

Fortune

Chinese Multimedia Giant Tencent Invests In E-Bike Company Tenways

Chinese multimedia company known particularly in the world of video games, Tencent has recently made an investment in e-bike company Tenways.

InsideEVs

Weekly Must Read: China’s Halting Steps to Dial Back ‘Zero Covid’

As central authorities cite scientific evidence for easing travel and testing rules, local officials worry about being held accountable for new outbreaks

Caixin Global

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Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.25% on Thursday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.15%

Caixin Global

China resumes streaming South Korean content after six-year suspension

A Chinese streaming platform has resumed distributing South Korean content after suspending it for nearly six years, South Korean officials said on Tuesday, in what Seoul called a sign of Beijing's readiness to improve ties.

Reuters

10 Games like PUBG to play if you need a new battle royale to conquer

PUBG may have helped popularize the battle royale, but it isn't the only game in the genre worth your time

GamesRadar

China's economy rotting from the head

China highlights a long-debated question about economic development: Can a top-down autocracy outperform liberal market economies in terms of innovation and growth?

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Things Don't Add Up Well in Used Computer Renter's IPO Bid

Key Takeaways: LX Technology, parent of Little Bear Rental, has been approved for a Hong Kong IPO, despite losing over 740 million yuan in the past three and a half years Its major early shareholders, including Tencent, Lenovo and JD.com, have started cutting their ties with the company even before…

Benzinga

What the eclipse of Tencent by a liquor company says about Xi’s China

Kweichow Moutai has overtaken the tech group in market capitalisation thanks to the whims of one man

Financial Times

China's Video Game Firms Welcomed in Europe

China is investing billions in Europe's video game industry, but analysts have warned that there could be trouble along the road unless regulators start to take stricter notice. Europe is embroiled in long-running disputes with Beijing over trade, environment, education, raw materials, intellectual property -- but so far video games…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Musk has a 'super app' plan for Twitter. It's super vague

For months, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO has expressed interest in creating his own version of China’s WeChat — a “super app” that does video chats, messaging, streaming and payments — for the rest of the world

The Independent UK

Brighter Times Could Beckon for JD.com after Stormy Spell

Key Takeaways: Key factors in a JD share-price rally would be the results of a U.S. regulatory review of Chinese stocks and the expected launch next year of a scheme to promote dual-currency share trading in Hong Kong A settlement in a sexual assault case against company founder Richard Liu…

Benzinga

Elon Musk's 'X' App To 'Rule Them All' Gets Twitter Kickstart — But What Form Could It Take?

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said purchasing Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) would hasten the birth of “X” an app for everything, but the shape the upco

Benzinga

China grants gaming license to NetEase, 1st since crackdown

China has granted a game license to its second largest gaming firm, NetEase, the first in over a year in a possible sign Beijing may be easing a crackdown on the industry

The Independent UK

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Benzinga

Tongcheng Preparing to Stand on Its Own Without Trip.com and Tencent?

Key Takeaways: A new stock exchange filing shows leading online travel agent Trip.com may have begun to sell down its longtime stake in Tongcheng, the industry’s second-largest player China’s online travel industry is riddled with anticompetitive cross-holdings, including Trip.com’s stakes in Tongcheng and Qunar

Benzinga

All in the Family: Cash-strapped ZhongAn Taps Chairman's Ties to Fund a Money-losing Unit

Key Takeaways: Sinolink will buy about 156 million new shares in ZhongAn’s overseas business development unit, ZhongAn International, for about $103 million The deal comes in a difficult year for ZhongAn, whose own cash holdings are dwindling By Warren Yang

Benzinga

Top Financial Stories Thursday, September 08: Amazon Slows Down Hiring, Netflix Focuses On Cost Cutting, iPhone 14 Will Be Available In Russia And More…

Reuters

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ubisoft Shares Tumble as Tencent Deal Seen Dampening Buyout Prospects

Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment tumbled on Wednesday after it announced a deal that sees China's Tencent Holdings raise its stake in the company, a move which analysts say dampens the prospect of a full sale of the French game maker. The deal with Tencent Holdings values the maker of "Assassin's…

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Alibaba, Nio Fall Over 2% In Weak Hang Seng Opening: Why Investors Are Focused On Fed's Beige Book, ECB Move

Hong Kong stocks opened lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Hang Seng Index down 1.43%, as investors braced for the release of the U.S. Federal Reserve's Beige Book (a commentary on economic conditions) due later today and the European Central Bank's policy decision on Thursday.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Tencent and Sony increase stake in Elden Ring studio FromSoftware

Both companies have collectively bought over 30 percent of the studio behind Dark Souls, Sekiro, and Elden Ring.

Inverse

Why the FromSoftware Sony deal could be great news for Dark Souls fans

Rumors that Sony would buy 'Dark Souls' dev FromSoftware still haven't panned out, but Sony and Tencent recently buying shares could change FromSoft's future.

The Independent UK

China accused of blocking posts from supporters of Minnesota student who accused Chinese billionaire of rape

Chinese activists allege that their posts about the Minnesota court case are being silenced and accounts blocked

Input

Logitech leak reveals cloud-based gaming handheld with xCloud and Steam

Leaked images show what could be the home screen of Logitech’s upcoming handheld cloud gaming device.

Benzinga

The Internet is Now So Centralized That One Company Can Break It

We are now at a point where the Internet has become so centralized that a single company can bring it to its knees. What began as a military communication system 53 years ago and evolved into a fundamental human right is now so connected to everything that any fallibility could…

Benzinga

Is Tencent Winding Down Its Big Investments?

Key Takeaways: Reuters reported Tencent might sell some or all of its Meituan holdings this year, though Tencent called the report ‘inaccurate’ Some think Tencent might sell other stakes in its more than 70 U.S.- and Hong Kong-listed portfolio companies to raise funds to buy back its shares By Fai…

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