Investment becomes Tencent's main profit driver in 2021
Investment accounted for the bulk of Tencent Holdings' annual profit for the first time in 2021 as the Chinese technology giant saw earnings from its core business contract in the second half of the year.
The company posted CNY 560.1bn (USD 87.9bn) in revenue and CNY 227.8bn in net profit, year-on-year gains of 16% and 42%, respectively. However, nearly two-thirds of the profit - or CNY 149.5bn - was attributed...
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