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Red packet rumble: will Tencent’s cash giveaway work again in crowded AI market?
Analysts say strong competition from ByteDance, DeepSeek, Ant Group and Alibaba may prevent Tencent’s Yuanbao from repeating WeChat glory.
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Lawrence Lau on why China must ‘work smarter’ and how it can invent from scratch
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