TOKYO -- For the first time in almost two decades, Tencent Holdings founder Pony Ma will not directly hand out traditional red envelopes of cash to employees to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
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TOKYO -- For the first time in almost two decades, Tencent Holdings founder Pony Ma will not directly hand out traditional red envelopes of cash to employees to celebrate the Lunar New Year.