Chinese tech startups are tapping into SEA amid tough relations with US

Liu believes that the Chinese startups are looking at the South-East Asian market as another area that can help them diversify beyond the US and Europe.

Chinese technology startups are pivoting to South-East Asia and away from the United States in their expansion plans, in a clear bid to avoid getting in the midst of a trade war that could intensify.

In a recent trip to Asia, Betty Liu, an executive at the New York Stock Exchange, said she saw entrepreneurship continued to be “rocking” there. But the businesses are also increasingly looking at growth in South-East Asia.