Tim Culpan, Columnist

A PUBG-Level IPO Battle

YY Inc. is also planning to list one of its units.
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The ink is barely dry on newsBloomberg Terminal that YY Inc. plans to list its gaming-streaming unit, and now there's a fresh report about another possible share sale.

Douyu, a VC-funded company in China that streams video of people playing games, is planning to raise $300 million to $400 million in Hong Kong, IFRAsia reported Tuesday. If true, that would make at least two Chinese e-sports IPOs this year.