China online quiz craze lures prize seekers, tech giants reut.rs/2DrtQWM

Just out via Lulu Yilun Chen Edwin Chan Tencent to back Carrefour China in new front of Alibaba battle bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Technology

Tencent have a new social app: DOV (Android beta test invite only right now). To me it feels like a mix of QQ and Snapchat. #snapcent

WeChat Pay now allows users to bind overseas credit cards ift.tt/2n6kA47

Prodigal Frogs Are China’s Latest Gaming Fad Sixth Tone sixthtone.com/news/1001592/p…

How #WeChat became the primary news source in China cjr.org/tow_center/how… via @cjr

Kai-Fu Lee: "Chinese companies fail fast, learn fast, and grow fast." #WEF18 #Davos cnb.cx/2Fakj6Z CNBC International

As #AmazonGo opens, we compared the spheres of influence of Amazon ($658 B) & Alibaba ($502 B). Though Alibaba had a later start, it is in quite a few more than sectors than Amazon, and actually went into offline grocery retail earlier than Amazon.

A Tencent-backed super app has emerged to rival its own WeChat. The rise of #Meituan, along with #Didi and Toutiao, could up-end China's internet landscape that orbits around the twin suns of #Alibaba and #Tencent. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Edwin Chan Robert Fenner Peter Elstrom

WeChat mini programs can now link out directly to apps. The final nail in the coffin for anyone still subscribing to the "WeChat is a walled garden." narrative.

China streaming firm Kuaishou in $1 billion Tencent-led funding round, eyes IPO: sources reut.rs/2n9sU2k

China's JD.com is in talks to sell a logistics stake to Tencent and plans to make its U.S. debut bloom.bg/2rGuxdf

One of China's top smartphone makers, Oppo, is targeting Japan as its next conquest bloom.bg/2neLdE7

Sogou doubles down on AI with launch of real-time translation and transcription devices ift.tt/2nbRQXO

Promo video for Tencent's new social app DOV in Android beta testing right now #Snapcent

BuzzFeed partners with #Toutiao to share content in its platform ow.ly/a0N330i1POr PC: Reuters World

Global top 10 tech giants by market value 2008 vs 2018, via 21jingji.com #Google #Apple #Tencent #Alibaba

Alibaba, Foxconn, IDG Lead $348M Investment In Chinese Smart Car Maker Xiaopeng Motors - chinamoneynetwork.com/2018/01/29/ali… #China #investment

China has 2 internets. The #Tencent internet and the #Alibaba internet.

Seeking a brick-and-mortar presence, China’s Tencent and JD.com are taking a stake in Wanda’s mall empire on.wsj.com/2ElSUQ7