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ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals. It was founded by Colin Huang as Shanghai Dream Information Technology Co., Ltd. in September 2015.

Pinduoduo

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

From Tencent to Pinduoduo, companies use surveillance and lawsuits to retain staff as competition ramps up.

China's tech workers trapped in jobs by noncompete contracts | KrASIA

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JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

The automotive aftermarket is the secondary market of the automotive industry, concerned with the manufacturing, remanufacturing, distribution, retailing, and installation of all vehicle parts, chemicals, equipment, and accessories, after the sale of the automobile by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to the consumer. 

Automotive Aftermarket

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

Electric vehicle

JD.com

New Energy Vehicle

new energy vehicles

Apart from selling its own cars, JD aims to handle every aspect of the automotive business.

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What is JD&#8217;s blueprint for entering the new energy vehicle industry?

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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Deep Tech

Energy

China is tapping into emerging markets for its solar exports amid trade tensions with the US and Europe.

China’s solar surplus creates opportunities for emerging green markets | KrASIA

China’s solar surplus creates opportunities for emerging green markets

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Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology.

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E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Retail

Korea

Coupang

South Korea

The Chinese e-commerce giant will build a logistics network for speedy deliveries.

Alibaba to take on Coupang with USD 1.1 billion investment in South Korea | KrASIA

Alibaba to take on Coupang with USD 1.1 billion investment in South Korea

Alibaba Cloud

Singapore

The event witnessed 21 diverse teams developing AI applications, vying for prizes exceeding SGD 50,000 in value.

Alibaba Cloud ignites AI innovation in Singapore with recent hackathon | KrASIA

Alibaba Cloud ignites AI innovation in Singapore with recent hackathon

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Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

Logistics

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

E-commerce

pinduoduo

JD.com has responded differently to Pinduoduo's meteoric rise compared to mutual rival Alibaba, with its approach appearing to yield positive returns.

JD.com's commitment to low-price strategy pays off with strong financial performance in latest quarter | KrASIA

JD.com&#8217;s commitment to low-price strategy pays off with strong financial performance in latest quarter

1688 president Yu Yong. Image source: China (Hangzhou) Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Pilot Area

China’s largest domestic wholesale marketplace is now moving to serve cross-border demands.

Where does 1688 fit into Alibaba’s e-commerce game plan? | KrASIA

Where does 1688 fit into Alibaba’s e-commerce game plan?

Alibaba Cloud's upcoming hackathon in Singapore will reward participants who can create innovative AI applications.

Alibaba Cloud to spur AI innovation with upcoming Singapore hackathon in March | KrASIA

Alibaba Cloud to spur AI innovation with upcoming Singapore hackathon in March

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Cloud

Alibaba Cloud's EBITA for Q4 2023 rose despite experiencing a dip in revenue.

Alibaba Cloud is accelerating its reform to achieve profitability this year | KrASIA

Alibaba Cloud is accelerating its reform to achieve profitability this year

Taobao

Tmall

Food Delivery

Grocery Delivery

new retail

Whether Alibaba sells those businesses or not, it's growingly evident that the Chinese tech giant is shifting its focus from new retail back to e-commerce.

Alibaba considers divesting from Intime, Freshippo, and RT-Mart to refocus on e-commerce | KrASIA

Alibaba considers divesting from Intime, Freshippo, and RT-Mart to refocus on e-commerce

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

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Jack Ma

Joseph Tsai and Jack Ma recently acquired a hefty chunk of Alibaba's stocks, emerging as the largest shareholders. Market observers are left pondering the significance of this power move.

Was Jack Ma “buying the dip” in Alibaba, or is there something more? | KrASIA

Was Jack Ma “buying the dip” in Alibaba, or is there something more?

Douyin

ELEME Inc. is a platform that offers online food delivery service. It was founded in 2008 by Mark Zhang and Jack Kang in Minhang Campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Ele.me was acquired by the Alibaba Group in April 2018 and continues to operate independently.

ele.me

Ele.me

In a message to all employees, Yu Yongfu, CEO of Ele.me, sought to quash the rumors before they escalate further.

Alibaba

Alibaba to take on Coupang with USD 1.1 billion investment in South Korea

Alibaba Cloud ignites AI innovation in Singapore with recent hackathon

JD.com’s commitment to low-price strategy pays off with strong financial performance in latest quarter

Where does 1688 fit into Alibaba’s e-commerce game plan?

Alibaba Cloud to spur AI innovation with upcoming Singapore hackathon in March

Alibaba Cloud is accelerating its reform to achieve profitability this year

Alibaba considers divesting from Intime, Freshippo, and RT-Mart to refocus on e-commerce

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Ele.me CEO Yu Yongfu addresses rumors of potential acquisition by ByteDance’s Douyin

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