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What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

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How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

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Where do style and commerce meet? Examine supply chains, sustainable sourcing, and digital trends influencing global fashion markets.

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Nikkei Asia

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

China

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

Keeta, an independent brand of Meituan, specializes in food and consumer product delivery services.

Keeta

Meituan, China’s all-in-one local services platform, covers food delivery, travel bookings, and lifestyle deals, simplifying daily consumer choices.

Xiaoxiang Supermarket leverages digital channels to deliver groceries and essentials directly to local consumers’ doorsteps.

Xiaoxiang Supermarket

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

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Keeta is gaining traction in international markets as the company ramps up investments in AI and retail initiatives.

Meituan’s overseas push steadies investors despite second consecutive loss

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T. K. Lin

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

Its operating system is designed to let devices generate and execute code using natural language.

After OpenClaw, this company aims to build “vibe hardware” powered by AI agents

Cheng Zi is based in China, covering technology- and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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Cheng Zi

Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

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Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

WeChat, Tencent’s superapp, combines messaging, social media, mobile payments, and mini-programs, streamlining daily tasks for over a billion users.

WeChat

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

Fintech

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Chinese fintech businesses could be the next target of the Trump administration, despite of having little presence in the United States.

US reportedly considers restrictions on Ant Group, Tencent's payment systems

US reportedly considers restrictions on Ant Group, Tencent&#8217;s payment systems

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Wency Chen

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

Gaode Maps, acquired by e-commerce juggernaut Alibaba in 2014, is currently the most downloaded free iOS navigation app in China.

Most popular Chinese navigation app AutoNavi apologizes for faulty routing

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Stephanie Li

What extends a car’s lifecycle beyond the showroom? Investigate spare parts, performance upgrades, and services fueling the secondary automotive market.

Automotive Aftermarket

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

Mancando manages a network of franchises and auto parts brands such as Shimo, Zhiding, and Madun.

Restructuring auto parts distribution in the world's largest car market: Inside China's Startups

Restructuring auto parts distribution in the world&#8217;s largest car market: Inside China&#8217;s Startups

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Song Jingli

JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce leader, ensures trusted transactions, efficient logistics, and a wide product selection for online shoppers.

JD.com

ant group

JD Digits

The run-up to the IPOs of China's largest fintech giants leaves one contemplating the possibility of a head-on crash.

Unpacking Ant Group and JD Digits: an inescapable clash?

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Lin Lingyi

Successor Daniel Zhang aims to double group's user base to 2 billion by 2036.

As Jack Ma era ends, Alibaba sets high goal for cloud business

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

Baidu denied reports that it is spinning off the unit and declined to comment on a potential listing of Xiaodu.

Baidu's voice AI unit Xiaodu raises funds independently, valued at USD 2.9 billion

Baidu&#8217;s voice AI unit Xiaodu raises funds independently, valued at USD 2.9 billion

Livestreaming e-commerce viewers in China, H1 2020: 309 million

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

Live Streaming

Roughly a third of China's internet users watched livestreaming e-commerce in the first six months of 2020.

KEY STAT | Livestreaming e-commerce is the fastest growing internet sector in China

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Julianna Wu

How do connected devices shape daily life? Examine IoT sensors, data platforms, and security protocols integrating smart tech into homes and cities.

Internet of Things

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Smart Cities

Alibaba's newest C2M platform, Rhino, is set to enable new brands and SMEs looking to crack the e-commerce market.

Roadmap to Fast Fashion: Alibaba's Wu Xuegang introduces Rhino Smart Manufacturing

Roadmap to Fast Fashion: Alibaba&#8217;s Wu Xuegang introduces Rhino Smart Manufacturing

BigBasket delivers groceries online, supplying fresh produce, household essentials, and personal care items to Indian customers.

BigBasket

Temasek, a Singaporean state-owned investment firm, drives sustainable growth, strategic acquisitions, and innovation in global markets.

Temasek

Bigbasket couldn't receive funds from Alibaba after India tweaked the FDI norms earlier in April.

Indian e-grocer Bigbasket eyes USD 100 million round led by Temasek

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Alibaba

US reportedly considers restrictions on Ant Group, Tencent’s payment systems

Most popular Chinese navigation app AutoNavi apologizes for faulty routing

Restructuring auto parts distribution in the world’s largest car market: Inside China’s Startups