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VNG, Vietnam’s first tech unicorn, hit with mystery investigation
VNG has new CEO, Alibaba to accept WeChat and Malaysian fund responds to ATR
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Jon Russell
Gojek’s Vietnam exit signals a new chapter in its battle with Grab
GoTo’s decision to leave Vietnam is rare move based on logic, and not rivalry, narrative or money—and that’s new
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Indonesia and South Korea pile on Telegram over gambling and illicit content concerns
Telegram is in focus for Asia, India still going nuts for quick commerce and PDD stock crash
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August 2024

FashionValet, early e-commerce pioneer and Malaysian startup poster-child, sold in fire sale
Cut-price deal for 15 year-old company underscores difficulties of a maturing e-commerce market—and the hammer blow Covid dealt offline retail
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Ka-Kay Lum
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Tencent has a new blockbuster game on its hands
Black Myth: Wukong races to 10M sales; head of $14B crypto scam is arrested and more
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Apple is about to unlock a huge new revenue stream in China
WeChat confirms talks to use iOS payments within hugely popular mini program ecosystem
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Apple goes to war with China’s most innovative smartphone feature
The iPhone-maker is taking a hardline as its battle with Huawei spills over into apps
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Jon Russell

July 2024

Southeast Asian governments crack down on social media scammers
Singapore and Malaysia among those taking action in region known for world’s biggest social media addicts
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TikTok is already Southeast Asia’s second largest e-commerce player
A new report shows TikTok Shop grew 4X over the last year—that’s without its addition of Tokopedia
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TikTok aims to bite into restaurant, leisure and travel commerce
The social media giant is to test new e-commerce focuses in Southeast Asia
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Nvidia's China-specific chip poised to generate billions while complying with US sanctions
The $3T chip firm is in a tough spot: Chinese firms want its tech, the US government wants to restrict its tech—is this the solution?
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OpenAI cutoff leaves field open for Chinese AI firms to dominate
Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu and AI unicorns are rushing to fill the gap created by OpenAI cutting off access to its API
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