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

Retail

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The two snack retailers are racing toward IPOs with Mixue-like expansion, but lack its supply chain discipline and margin control.

For Wancheng and Busy Ming, Mixue’s success is both a blueprint and a cautionary tale

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How are driverless systems redefining mobility? Uncover sensor technologies, regulatory frameworks, and AI driving cars without human intervention.

Autonomous Vehicles

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

Logistics

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

Neolix said it has deployed 10,000 self-driving vehicles, marking an industry milestone.

China races ahead in robovans even as autonomous delivery challenges remain

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What shapes modern healthcare and agriculture? Examine biotech startups, gene editing, and drug discovery unlocking biological potential.

Biotechnology

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

Deep Tech

Japan

Despite its record scale, the deal’s co-co model highlights both rising ambition and lingering skepticism in a cooling market.

Innovent’s tie-up with Takeda tests investor faith in China’s biotech dream

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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.

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

Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

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

SoftBank is a global tech investor fueling startups, telecommunications ventures, and AI-driven innovations across international markets.

SoftBank

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

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

Artificial Intelligence

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

Edtech

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

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

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

Venture Capital

China trends

A look back at the major fundraising deals that have happened during the outbreak period from January 2020.

Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, startups in robotics, logistics, and digitization among the ones to attract major investment 

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Kargo employees will be seeding a USD 1 million logistics relief fund for truckers moving essential supplies.

Indonesian logistics startup Kargo bags USD 31 million, sets up COVID-19 relief fund

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The index for express delivery services in China reached 103.7% in March.

Logistics sector regains momentum as China recovers from coronavirus

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Song Jingli

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

E-commerce

As the government enforces large-scale social restrictions to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, online grocers are struggling to handle overwhelming order numbers.

Traffic boost induced by COVID-19 spark delivery problems for agritech startups and online grocers

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Q&amp;A

MapmyIndia is backed by Qualcomm Ventures, Flipkart, and Japanese map publisher Zenrin Co. Ltd.

On locating COVID-19 testing and quarantine centers on a map: Q&A with MapmyIndia's Rakesh and Rohan Verma

On locating COVID-19 testing and quarantine centers on a map: Q&#038;A with MapmyIndia&#8217;s Rakesh and Rohan Verma

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Avanish Tiwary

New positions will cover technology development, product operations, quality control, warehousing, and transportation.

CHINA BRIEF| Alibaba-backed logistics provider Best to create 40,000 jobs, including 5,000 in Southeast Asia

How do trustless ledgers transform industries? Investigate decentralized databases, smart contracts, and infrastructure powering secure transactions.

Blockchain

DiMuto uses blockchain, internet of things, and AI to help digitize the agrifood supply chain.

Singapore agrifood startup DiMuto secures funding to enter Latin America

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

Lalamove became a unicorn firm in 2019 after its USD 300 million Series D round.

CHINA BRIEF | On-demand trucking service provider Lalamove invests in Southeast Asia-based logistics firm Inteluck

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

Ant Group

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

JD.com

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

Kuaishou

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

Payments

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

Short Video

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

Video

Videos

Once again, a Chinese company is the most valued unicorn in the world.

Video | These are China's most valuable unicorns in 2020

Video | These are China&#8217;s most valuable unicorns in 2020

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