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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

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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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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

KrASIA tracks China’s tech and business stories, alongside key developments across the broader Asia Pacific region.

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

Logistics

This is one of the largest fundraising deals in China's logistics sector.

Carlyle-backed ANE Logistics scores USD 300 million Centurium Capital investment

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Song Jingli

Amazon leads e-commerce, streaming (Prime Video), and AWS cloud infrastructure, redefining retail, media, and data services.

Amazon

Flipkart, a prominent Indian e-commerce marketplace, hosts electronics, fashion, and home goods with fast shipping and easy returns.

Flipkart

Reliance drives digital retail, telecommunication services, and entertainment offerings, shaping India’s consumer and connectivity environment.

Reliance

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

Fintech

WhatsApp Pay has still not got the nod from India for its UPI-based payment service.

After conquering telecom sector, India's largest company Reliance eyes online commerce

After conquering telecom sector, India&#8217;s largest company Reliance eyes online commerce

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Avanish Tiwary

Huawei, a global telecom and smartphone vendor, delivers networking equipment, 5G solutions, and consumer devices integrating cutting-edge tech.

How does information move at light speed? Review 5G rollouts, fiber networks, and connectivity standards advancing global communication.

Telecommunications

China’s largest smartphone vendor has been forced to develop its own operating system for both smartphones and computers after being added to a US blacklist.

Huawei signs maps deal with Dutch firm TomTom to develop own smartphone apps

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SCMP

Pinduoduo revolutionizes e-commerce with social group buying, connecting budget-conscious shoppers to discounts on a broad range of products.

Pinduoduo

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

E-commerce

Pinduoduo wants 536.3 million users to live stream to boost platform sales

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

Autonomous Vehicles

AutoX has led pioneering autonomous driving research in China.

Alibaba-backed autonomous driving startup AutoX bags eight-figure Series Pre-B investment round

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Sun Henan

Institutional investors tout market size for corporate training in China.

Corporate training platform Yunxuetang closes USD 100 million Series D round

The app is China's second most popular podcasting platform with over 46.6 MAUs.

Chinese audio platform Lizhi debuts on Nasdaq, aiming to turn profitable this year

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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The move may empower Tesla's future projects in autonomous driving.

Tesla partners with Baidu Maps to deliver in-car map data services

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

Ant Group

The apartment rental company raised USD 129.6 million, the majority of which came from existing shareholders.