CHINA:
1 China Emphasizes Full Regulation Of All Financial Activities
2 Chinese regulators probe Ant Group’s investments in dozens of startups
3 China’s digital yuan threatens sprawling Alibaba empire
5 China Cracks Down On Unlawful Facial Recognition Usage
6 China’s Online Food Delivery Users Reach 500M
7 China’s E-commerce Platforms Alibaba, JD.com, Vipshop Fined Over Pricing Complaints
8 Pinduoduo Stock Skyrockets after Alibaba’s Antitrust Proceedings
9 Chinese Industrial Robot Startup Flexiv Raises $100 Million
10 Apartment rental firm Danke has repaid $201 million in loans to WeBank
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1 India’s Mahindra to focus on SUVs, EVs after ending Ford JV talks
2 India-based agritech firm Gramophone banks $3.4m in new funding
3 India’s ethical hacking industry is on the rise
4 Grab demands strong control by founder in gojek merger
5 Myanmar conflict zones kept offline despite Suu Kyi digital push
CROSS-BORDER:
1 New York Stock Exchange to delist Chinese telco giants on US executive order
2 Amazon eyes launching its computer science education program in India
4 China Mobile, telco peers face selling pressure in Hong Kong as NYSE moves to delist their ADRs
5 Apple removes 39,000 game apps from China store to meet deadline
6 Japan’s Toppan beefs up ID security with Taiwan developer purchase
7 South Korea’s LG signs $9.8b deal to produce EV batteries in Indonesia
OVERSEAS:
1 Tesla reports 499,550 vehicle deliveries for 2020, slightly missing target
2 Samsung vice chairman Jay Y. Lee faces nine-year sentence in bribery case
3 Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Viewed Some of Its Source Code
4 T-Mobile says hackers accessed some customer call records in data breach
5 Apple Took Three Years to Cut Ties With Supplier That Used Underage Labor
6 Amazon Agrees to Buy Podcast Startup Wondery
7 Silicon Valley CISO Investments Look To The Next Gen Of Cybersecurity
11 Roku streaming service Nears Deal to Buy Rights to Quibi’s Content
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