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06-Jun-19 Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-hailing platform, is entering Chile and Colombia as it eyes overseas expansion amid stiffer competition at home. The move follows its foray in to Brazil, Mexico, Australia and Japan over the past year or so.
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30-May-19 Geely subsidiary brand, Yuan Cheng, has launched two new zero-emission buses in China. The F12 bus, developed by GVC in response to China’s new energy policy, can run over 500km after ten minutes of refuelling. [image: Geely]
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03-May-19 3,000 electric buses will be introduced in Vietnam in 2020. Local conglomerate Vingroup will introduce VinBus - with the objective of reducing emissions and noise - in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hai Phong and Can Tho. [image: Asia Times / iStock]
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25-Mar-19 China plans to accelerate commercialisation of 5G in a "final sprint", with 60% of the USD256 bn 2019 tech budget allocated to telecommunications. Industrial Internet, smart transport, intelligent manufacturing, smart medical care and digital agriculture are among the priorities. [image: South China Morning Post]
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01-Feb-19 Indonesian ride-hailing company Go-Jek has now raised more than USD1 bn with the close of its Series F funding round. Investors included tech giants Google and Tencent as well as Chinese e-commerce player JD.com and Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. [image: afif c. kusuma / iStock Editorial / Getty Image]
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