Asia Tech Review: June 26 2017

Weibo, iFeng and ACFUN are accused of allowing inappropriate political content. Live-streaming has been a huge trend in China’s internet space over the past year so it is not hugely surprising that it has caught the attention of the state.

The carrier is raising a huge amount of private capital for investment and it could call on some major consumer names for part of the cash.

Tesla is working with the Shanghai government to explore local manufacturing in a move that may help achieve economies of scale and bring down manufacturing, labor and shipping costs.

JD.com bought a stake in London-based online fashion retailer Farfetch for $397 million, in its company’s largest overseas investment to date.

Tantan is the nearest thing to Tinder in China, and it is about to start making money.

It already owns 30% of UniBike and is apparently gunning to buy the startup outright. Mobike also announced this week that it is preparing to expand to Japan.

The company plans to move its fully automated manufacturing supply chain to the US.

But is this enough to appeal to users? Hike has never been very clear on how many people actually use its app, while its CEO says that its success isn’t dependent on WhatsApp’s failure. (Which seems unlikely in India.)

The company may catch up to its rival soon.

The decision to negotiate with a Japanese-led consortium was likely to intensify a showdown with an American business partner seeking to steer the sale.

The e-commerce startup, which is Japan’s first tech unicorn, has ambitions plans after raising $75 million last year.

The phone will reportedly sell for €999. It will be a 6.3-inch device with the same edge-to-edge, 18.5:9 aspect ratio AMOLED display as in the Galaxy S8 lineup. It will apparently be unveiled in the second half of September.

Life after a disastrous 2-year spell on the Nasdaq for Malaysia’s MOL.