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Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate holding company founded in 1998, whose subsidiaries specialise in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

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Tencent Buys Stake In Tesla
Tencent Buys Stake In Tesla
March 30, 2017  |  Retail

China’s internet giant Tencent, owner of the wildly popular messaging app WeChat, reportedly just bought up a 5 percent stake in U.S. automaker and energy...

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China Emerging As Key Competitor In … India
China Emerging As Key Competitor In … India
March 30, 2017  |  International

American companies looking to break into India’s burgeoning digital marketplace are time and time again running up against stiff competition from local startups and their...

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Tencent Planning E-Book IPO
Tencent Planning E-Book IPO
March 24, 2017  |  IPO

Tencent Holdings is in the midst of getting ready to spin off its eBook operations, Bloomberg News reported Thursday. The move comes as the firm would...

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Red Envelopes, Pokemon And A Whole New Way For Alibaba And Tencent To Compete
Red Envelopes, Pokemon And A Whole New Way For Alibaba And Tencent To Compete
January 30, 2017  |  South East Asia

The Chinese New Year is upon us — and as is their annual custom, Tencent and Alibaba are competing to see which firm can own the hongbao...

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Starbucks Joins WeChat Payments
Starbucks Joins WeChat Payments
December 09, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Tencent’s Weixin, or WeChat for English speakers, is the monolithic Chinese messaging/video chat/social network/shopping/payments app for iOS, Android and Windows smartphones, the web and desktop....

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Alibaba And Tencent Back China Cybersecurity Law
Alibaba And Tencent Back China Cybersecurity Law
November 18, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

China’s recently launched cybersecurity law is getting the support of Alibaba and Tencent Holdings. According to a report by Fortune, Alibaba and Tencent said during the...

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Tencent Surpasses Alibaba As Most Valuable Chinese Tech Stock
Tencent Surpasses Alibaba As Most Valuable Chinese Tech Stock
August 22, 2016  |  International

Alibaba can no longer call itself the most valuable Chinese tech stock. Social media company Tencent has now claimed that title. Alibaba still has the...

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In China, Must All Tech – And Payments – Be Local?
In China, Must All Tech – And Payments – Be Local?
June 03, 2016  |  International

In politics, they say, everything is local. In China, the same rule seems to apply. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that in the face...

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