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

Consumer Economy

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

China

Coffee

Nowwa’s shop-in-shop model has lowered costs, but also made quality control and brand building harder.

After crossing 10,000 stores, Nowwa Coffee faces the hard part

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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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.

Alibaba Cloud powers scalable cloud computing, data analytics, and cybersecurity solutions, supporting businesses’ digital transformation worldwide.

Alibaba Cloud

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

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

East Asia

Taobao, Alibaba’s consumer-to-consumer marketplace, connects Chinese shoppers with diverse products, from fashion and electronics to everyday essentials.

Taobao

Tmall, Alibaba’s B2C platform, hosts premium brands and official stores, offering authenticated products to Chinese consumers seeking quality goods.

Tmall

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

Investors now have a clearer commercialization story, while Taobao Shangou shifts from subsidies to unit economics.

Has Alibaba’s AI bets started to meet the revenue test?

Li Auto develops electric vehicles that combine smart cockpit systems, advanced safety features, and long-distance battery support.

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

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

Transportation

The updated flagship SUV is the Chinese automaker’s first major move to defend its market position.

Li Auto plays its hand with the new Li L9, starting at RMB 459,800

ByteDance, a Chinese internet company, uses machine learning to recommend engaging videos, news, and social content (via TikTok and Douyin).

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What sets the world’s soundtrack? Follow streaming royalties, label strategies, and genre shifts guiding the global music industry’s rhythm.

Music

For ByteDance, Indonesia offers a tremendous opportunity with over 60 million Gen Z and 63.5 million millennials.

ByteDance's music streaming app Resso is set to take on competitors in Indonesia: Interview with country manager Tricia Dizon

ByteDance&#8217;s music streaming app Resso is set to take on competitors in Indonesia: Interview with country manager Tricia Dizon

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Khamila Mulia

The Beijing-based company called the speculation "not accurate", in response to local media outlets.

CHINA BRIEF | ByteDance denies rumored Hong Kong IPO plan

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

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

The accelerator was launched in March with a USD 125 million fund.

CHINA BRIEF | ByteDance's founder donates USD 10 million to COVID-19 therapeutics accelerator project backed by Bill Gates

CHINA BRIEF | ByteDance&#8217;s founder donates USD 10 million to COVID-19 therapeutics accelerator project backed by Bill Gates

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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

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

E-commerce

The app is still not available to the public, but might be at the end of May.

JD.com teases work collaboration market as it unveils video conferencing app JoyMeeting

Q&amp;A

The world’s most valuable startup is hiring in Singapore and other locations around the globe.

“This is only the beginning”: Helena Lersch on how ByteDance is shaping up in Southeast Asia

What drives digital education adoption? Analyze e-learning apps, AI-driven assessments, and tools enhancing student engagement.

Edtech

The startup has launched two new education apps, both featuring an AI-powered interactive aid in the shape of a cartoon dragon.

TikTok-owner ByteDance eyes expansion in online education with help of AI dragon ‘tutor’

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South China Morning Post

Visual Stories

The ambitious leadership behind ByteDance is planning international expansion while leaving the China market to trusted hands who created Douyin and TikTok.

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Meet the people behind the most downloaded social app amid COVID-19 outbreak

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Julianna Wu

In 2018, ByteDance invested USD 100 million in India, while last year it said it would invest USD 1 billion in the country over the next three years.

ByteDance's short video duo TikTok and Douyin cross two billion downloads with India accounting for one third of installs

ByteDance&#8217;s short video duo TikTok and Douyin cross two billion downloads with India accounting for one third of installs

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Kuaishou, best known for its short video platform, drives user-generated content, influencer marketing, and community engagement through shareable clips.

Kuaishou

What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

ByteDance

ByteDance’s music streaming app Resso is set to take on competitors in Indonesia: Interview with country manager Tricia Dizon

CHINA BRIEF | ByteDance denies rumored Hong Kong IPO plan

CHINA BRIEF | ByteDance’s founder donates USD 10 million to COVID-19 therapeutics accelerator project backed by Bill Gates