China:
1. China launches national 5G, promises 50 cities by end of 2019
2. Chinese state fund to invest $7.12b more in advanced manufacturing
3. China is testing emotion recognition in surveillance push
4. China’s Shenzhen is using big data to become a smart ‘socialist model city’
5. Founder of Chinese smartphone maker Smartisan 锤子科技 Luo Yonghao 罗永浩 added to debt blacklist
6. Tencent merges its team in charge of short-video app Huoguo 火锅视频 with Tencent Video division
7. M17 acquires livestreaming platform MeMe Live
8. Chinese IP-based game company CMGE raises $167.2 million in HK IPO
9. Chinese online education provider Codemao nets $57m Series C round
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Mobile-only Markets:
1. India: Fundraising by PE, VC investors in January-September period is the highest in five years
3. Indonesia’s P2P lending platform KoinWorks snags USD 1.4 million in Series B2 round
Cross-Border:
1. Amazon now sells movie tickets in India
2. Gojek to enter Malaysia, the Philippines in 2020
3. WeWork to open two new locations in Vietnam amid rise of local co-working chains
Overseas:
2. Google to acquire Fitbit for $2.1 billion
3. Google Maps Incognito mode starts rolling out for Android users
4. Shoebox-sized satellites startup Kepler opens sign-ups for its IoT developer kits
6. Pakistan-based decentralized mass transit system startup Airlift bags $12m to scale operations
7. Los Angeles-based BuildOps, subcontracting software for real estate, raises $5.8 million
8. Forecast, an ‘AI-powered’ project management software company, raises $5.5M
9. Cervest raises £3.7M for Earth Science AI platform to predict climate effects
10. Accusonus raises $3.3M to use AI to help content creators repair the audio in their videos
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