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09-Apr-20 Chinese video site Bilibili will receive $400 million equity investment from Sony Corp America as the two companies seek to further collaborate in entertainment to attract China’s Gen Z. Expanding into documentaries, esports, and music videos, Bilibili attracts over 130 million monthly active users. [image: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri]
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08-Apr-20 As announced at the State Council’s executive meeting, companies in these zones will enjoy support policies including exemption of value-added and excise taxes on retail exports. Additionally, the Chinese government is encouraging companies to jointly build and share overseas warehouses. [image: Handout]
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02-Apr-20 Home quarantine policies to curb the spread of Covid-19 in China have been a boon for most digital services, including remote work apps, e-learning and mobile gaming, but mobile payments have suffered due to closures imposed by lockdown. [image: Xinhua]
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24-Mar-20 China helped spare Latin America from the worst of the 2008-09 financial crisis, but recently, its lending has been in decline. Despite measures taken by Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) governments to contain the spread of coronavirus, the region will be forced to grapple with the effects of the virus for the foreseeable future. [image: NurPhoto/Getty Images]
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14-Mar-20 China named its first team of national AI champions in 2017, tasking them to develop the technology for uses including health care. The developments since have proven useful today, in light of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Diagnosis is the focus of most AI initiatives in China’s health care sector. [image: Reuters]
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