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

Alibaba

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

The company shipped 8.8 million parcels in the region, up from 237,000 one year earlier.

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba-backed logistics firm Best widens net loss, expands in Southeast Asia | KrASIA

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CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba-backed logistics firm Best widens net loss, expands in Southeast Asia

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Bilibili

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

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The firm increased its net loss to USD 76.1 million in the first quarter of this year, up 175% from last year.

CHINA BRIEF | Bilibili to issue USD 650 million in convertible bonds as net losses widen | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Bilibili to issue USD 650 million in convertible bonds as net losses widen

5G is a commonly used term for certain advanced wireless systems. Industry association 3GPP defines any system using "5G NR" software as "5G", a definition that came into general use by late 2018. 

Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

Autonomous Vehicles

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

Hardware

The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of hardware, these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

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

Transportation

The move comes just after the Internet of Vehicles provider Gosuncn formed a cooperation with Baidu's rival WeRide.

CHINA BRIEF | Baidu allies with IoV company Gosuncn in autonomous driving push | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Baidu allies with IoV company Gosuncn in autonomous driving push

With ride-hailing down, the company is turning its drivers into couriers.

CHINA BRIEF | Hello Chuxing turns to delivery sector as COVID-19 hits ride-hailing industry | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Hello Chuxing turns to delivery sector as COVID-19 hits ride-hailing industry

NetEase, Inc. is a Chinese Internet technology company providing online services centered on content, community, communications and commerce. The company was founded in 1997 by Lebunto. NetEase develops and operates online PC and mobile games, advertising services, email services and e-commerce platforms in China.

NetEase

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

Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

Xiaomi

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.

Edtech

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. The education industry is fast-reforming nowadays. 

Education

Security

At China's most important political event of the year, they called for development in 5G, IoT, and tech education, among other fields.

This is what Chinese tech tycoons brought to the table at China's Two Sessions | KrASIA

This is what Chinese tech tycoons brought to the table at China&#8217;s Two Sessions

Grocery Delivery

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

On-Demand Services

The company raised a total of USD 1.5 billion in venture capital funds to back its growth.

Cashier-less convenience store Bianlifeng likely profitable in 2020, against industry trends | KrASIA

Cashier-less convenience store Bianlifeng likely profitable in 2020, against industry trends

The firm provides services to Xiaomi, Unilever, and the National Bureau of Statistics of China, among other clients.

CHINA BRIEF | Singtel Innov8 invests in Chinese data visualization startup DataHunter | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Singtel Innov8 invests in Chinese data visualization startup DataHunter

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

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

E-Commerce

A total of 3,600 cars have been sold on Pinduoduo between May 1 and May 20 of 2020.

CHINA BRIEF | Pinduoduo sets special team to stimulate car sales | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Pinduoduo sets special team to stimulate car sales

The action will prohibit the export, re-export, or in-country transfer of United States technology to the company.