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

Consumer Services

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

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

On-demand Services

With trade tensions rising, companies are turning to offshore structures to stay nimble—and stay in business.

As tariffs bite, exporters explore offshore trade setups | KrASIA

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As tariffs bite, exporters explore offshore trade setups

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I'm Xiaochun with 36Kr Global [kri’eɪʃə], a newborn digital media with a dedication to help Asia uncover its innovations and to create.

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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.

Fashion

A crop of Chinese handbag brands are skipping the logos and rewriting the luxury playbook, hoping design and storytelling can go where status once ruled.

Can China make its own luxury handbags—and make us believe in them? | KrASIA

Can China make its own luxury handbags—and make us believe in them?

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

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Hong Kong

Down nearly 18% from March highs, fund managers say fundamentals, not froth, will decide what happens next.

Hong Kong tech stocks just hit a wall. Is the AI rally already over? | KrASIA

Hong Kong tech stocks just hit a wall. Is the AI rally already over?

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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

Transportation

The company plans to use the proceeds to further improve its technology.

Deals | Self-Service Sockets Provider Suxian Cloud Lands $2.3M Funding, Tapping into WeChat-Based Management System | KrASIA

Deals | Self-Service Sockets Provider Suxian Cloud Lands $2.3M Funding, Tapping into WeChat-Based Management System

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The bike-sharing startup had just closed a $350 million round led by Alibaba's affiliate Ant Financial earlier this month.

News Flash: Alibaba-Backed Hellobike Lands $152.5M Series D2 from Fosun and GGV Capital | KrASIA

News Flash: Alibaba-Backed Hellobike Lands $152.5M Series D2 from Fosun and GGV Capital

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

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When it comes to AI, talent means everything. That’s why big companies and start-ups alike are snapping up AI-savvy talent, regardless of the cost.

Feature: The War for AI Talent Rages in China (Part 1) | KrASIA

Feature: The War for AI Talent Rages in China (Part 1)

Plus, Ailbaba has poured money in Hellobike and reported to have joint ofo’s recent funding round. The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) started trading bitcoin as futures.

Kr-Asia Daily: China Telecommunications Is Studying An Investment in The Philippine | KrASIA

Kr-Asia Daily: China Telecommunications Is Studying An Investment in The Philippine

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

What do you get when you combine business with cloud computing, new modes of retail and Big Data?

Deals | Alibaba Leads Investment in New Retail Solutions Provider iTrigger | KrASIA

Deals | Alibaba Leads Investment in New Retail Solutions Provider iTrigger

The twist and turn of the story of bike sharing in China is just beyond what outsiders can imagine.

To Merge Or To Remain Rivals? Prospect Of New Financing Adds Further Uncertainty to Ofo-Mobike Fight | KrASIA

To Merge Or To Remain Rivals? Prospect Of New Financing Adds Further Uncertainty to Ofo-Mobike Fight

Plus, Ofo reported having secured a funding round led by Alibaba and Ant Financial. Lyft teamed up with autonomous driving technology provider nuTonomy, starting a pilot scheme in Boston.

Kr-Asia Daily: Obike Exposed Global Users’ Data without Any Protection | KrASIA

Kr-Asia Daily: Obike Exposed Global Users’ Data without Any Protection

Deals | As Alibaba Reportedly Pumps More Money Into Ofo and Hellobike, The Battle For Bike-sharing Dominance Escalates | KrASIA

Deals | As Alibaba Reportedly Pumps More Money Into Ofo and Hellobike, The Battle For Bike-sharing Dominance Escalates

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Highlights from the past week, as well as something cool for the weekend.