Juro Osawa

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Juro Osawa is a reporter for The Information based in Hong Kong. Previously, he was a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, where he wrote about China’s technology giants -- such as Alibaba, Tencent and Huawei -- as well as the country’s booming startup scene. Before moving to Hong Kong in 2012, he worked in Tokyo for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires covering Japan’s technology sector. He was part of a team of Wall Street Journal reporters that won The New York Press Club journalism award in 2015 for stories on Alibaba. In his free time, he takes street photos in Hong Kong.

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TikTok to Acquire Indonesia’s Tokopedia to Revive Local E-Commerce Push

TikTok's deal with Tokopedia's parent company GoTo comes after Indonesia forced the video app to shut down its e-commerce business in October.

ByteDance Offers to Buy Back $5 Billion Worth of Shares From Investors

The offer values ByteDance at $268 billion, down nearly 10% from the $300 billion valuation in a similar buyback program for investors last year.

TikTok Nears Deal to Revive E-Commerce Service in Indonesia

TikTok's partnership with Indonesia's GoTo comes after the country's new regulation forced the video app to halt its e-commerce service.

Why Alibaba’s Cloud Ambitions Fell to Earth

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U.S. Officials Raise Concerns About Abu Dhabi AI Firm’s Ties to China

Abu Dhabi-based G42, which last month announced a partnership with OpenAI, also works with controversial Chinese firms such as Huawei.

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