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09-Apr-20 Chinese video site Bilibili will receive $400 million equity investment from Sony Corp America as the two companies seek to further collaborate in entertainment to attract China’s Gen Z. Expanding into documentaries, esports, and music videos, Bilibili attracts over 130 million monthly active users. [image: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri]
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08-Apr-20 As announced at the State Council’s executive meeting, companies in these zones will enjoy support policies including exemption of value-added and excise taxes on retail exports. Additionally, the Chinese government is encouraging companies to jointly build and share overseas warehouses. [image: Handout]
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24-Mar-20 The growth of the digital economy in the Middle East and North Africa could become one of the key solutions to the region’s youth unemployment crisis. Governments in the region have taken steps to create an environment in which technology startups can thrive. [image: Ashish Laddha]
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14-Mar-20 China named its first team of national AI champions in 2017, tasking them to develop the technology for uses including health care. The developments since have proven useful today, in light of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Diagnosis is the focus of most AI initiatives in China’s health care sector. [image: Reuters]
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03-Oct-19 Southeast Asia’s Internet economy will reach USD100 bn in 2019, up 39 percent from USD72 bn last year. While Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand are expanding at 20-30 percent, growth in Indonesia and Vietnam is over 40 percent. [image: bennymarty/123RF]
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