Archive - Asia Tech Review

Hong Kong sees IPO boom as tech listings stack up

Chinese chipmakers, secondary listings and maybe even Shein rush to go public

Jun 30 •

WhatsApp assures Indian users everything is fine ahead of advertising rollout

JD’s Richard Liu eyes a return with a fresh push into China’s food delivery market after years on the sidelines.

Jun 24 •

Action camera firm Insta360 goes big in massive China IPO

From dorm room to largest STAR listing this year in just a decade

Jun 16 •

Grab and GoTo play hardball over merger deal

Both sides seek leverage over deal that feels inevitable but remains complicated

Jun 10 •

Southeast Asia’s home-grown AI alternative shows promise

Local LLM gains traction; Shein shifts IPO and Tencent bets on K-pop

Jun 3 •

May 2025

Nvidia may finally have a lower-spec AI chip it can sell in China

Airwallex bucks funding winter to chase growth and Xiaomi goes big on R&A

May 26 •

Huawei's newest development is a laptop running its own operating system

Plus: Investors want to save BluSmart, Chinese exporters find new US loopholes and more

May 12 •

Temu and Shein face new life in US after end of import tax loophole

End of tax loophole means no more cheap imports for US customers—and less ad spend

May 5 •

April 2025

Apple wants to make all the iPhones it sells in the US in India as soon as possible

India could double production to 60M iPhones next year. Plus: Peak XV’s first independent fund and Foodpanda exits Thailand

Apr 28 •

India’s BluSmart sinks—founders built an electric dream on deception

eFishery CEO talks to Bloomberg and seeks forgiveness for his ‘well-meaning’ sins, blaming entire ecosystem for his fraud

Apr 21 •

Trump's tariffs shake up China’s tech sector, but an exemption is granted—for now.

Tariffs jeopardise TikTok’s US negotiations; ShopUp merges with Middle Eastern competitor to strengthen market presence.

Apr 14 •

March 2025

China’s AI giants change course after DeepSeek moment

Big Tech and Six Tigers are more fearless around competition and going global

Mar 31 •

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