Innovative region: Singapore

Technology investors have placed enormous faith in Singapore, one of the Four Asian Tigers in the late 20th century alongside Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan, thanks to its political stability and robust legal and regulatory framework.

The country’s diverse cultural traditions with four official languages – English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil – also makes it an ideal global financial centre.

E-commerce firm Alibaba and digital media company ByteDance are among the China-based technology companies that are bolstering their operations…

Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.