CHINA:
1. China is still exploring 6G tech, seeks global standards, IT Minister says
2. CSG Smart’s Shares Tank as Chinese AI Developer Warns of USD377.8 Million Loss
3. Huawei Remains China’s Best Software Earner, Alibaba Cloud Enters Top Three
4. Meituan Dianping co-founder Wang Huiwen to retire amid management revamp
5. Tencent says to step up investment overseas and in smart retail
6. TikTok owner ByteDance readying assault on Tencent’s mobile gaming kingdom
7. Luckin raises $865 million in post-IPO offering
8. Self-Driving Carmaker AutoX Bags Tens of Millions of Dollars to Fund China Ops
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1. MassMutual Ventures launches $100m second fund for Southeast Asia
2. Indonesian ecommerce unicorn Tokopedia eyes dual listing in US, Indonesia in 3 years
CROSS-BORDER:
1. Austria to collaborate with EU partners on Huawei 5G decision
2. Merkel seeks to delay German Huawei position until after March EU summit
3. Uber just sold its food delivery business in India to local rival Zomato
4. Google takes on AWS and Azure in India with Airtel cloud deal
5. Huawei signs maps deal with Dutch firm TomTom that will allow it to develop its own smartphone apps
6. India might be the last frontier for Netflix in the global streaming war
7. AppsFlyer raises $210m to strengthen APAC presence
8. US-based IoT startup Roambee receives Series B1 investment from Indonesia’s TMI, MDI Ventures
OVERSEAS:
1. France is making start-up friendly reforms to lure tech talent and take on Silicon Valley
2. Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai backs proposed EU facial recognition ban, Microsoft’s Brad Smith disagrees
3. Tesla rebuffs U.S. safety recall petition, says no unintended acceleration in vehicles
4. Personio, the German HR platform for SMEs, raises $75M Series C at a $500M valuation
5. Soft Robotics raises $23 million from investors including industrial robot giant FANUC
6. Catalyst Fund gets $15M from JP Morgan, UK Aid to back 30 EM fintech startups
7. Open banking platform Tink raises €90M at a post-money valuation of €415M
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