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

Alibaba

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

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

Content

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

E-Commerce

Live Streaming

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

Major tech companies in China unbrick walled gardens to integrate rival payment services. Alibaba and Tencent are dissolving protectionist features.

Major tech companies in China unbrick walled gardens to integrate rival payment services | KrASIA

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Major tech companies in China unbrick walled gardens to integrate rival payment services

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

KrASIA

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Mengyuan Ge

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

Edtech companies trim headcount and develop new business verticals after intense clampdown. Chinese regulators have severely limited for-profit education.

Chinese edtech companies trim headcount and develop new business verticals after intense clampdown | KrASIA

Chinese edtech companies trim headcount and develop new business verticals after intense clampdown

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

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

Ninja Van raises USD 578 million from Alibaba and other investors. Alibaba Group joined the investment as a new backer of Ninja Van.

Ninja Van raises USD 578 million from Alibaba and other investors | KrASIA

Ninja Van raises USD 578 million from Alibaba and other investors

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.

Tencent takes Sogou private in acquisition deal. Sogou is China’s second largest search engine with 14.3% of the market share.

Tencent takes Sogou private in acquisition deal | KrASIA

Tencent takes Sogou private in acquisition deal

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

Lending

Ant Group’s Huabei consumer lending business shares credit records with China’s central bank. Huabei is utilized by 190 million people.

Ant Group’s Huabei consumer lending business shares credit records with China’s central bank | KrASIA

Ant Group’s Huabei consumer lending business shares credit records with China’s central bank

Douyin

Food Delivery

Douyin to integrate food delivery function into livestreams. ByteDance is attempting to eat into Meituan and Ele.me’s business.

Douyin to integrate food delivery function into livestreams | KrASIA

Douyin to integrate food delivery function into livestreams

The 2019 League of Legends World Championship Finals at AccorHotels Arena on November 10, 2019 in Paris, France. Photo by Colin Young-Wolff. Courtesy of Riot Games.

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

With 3-hour caps for gameplay, will Chinese e-sports teams lose their edge? In pro gaming, the way to build experience is by investing time in gameplay.

With 3-hour caps for gameplay, will Chinese e-sports teams lose their edge? | KrASIA

With 3-hour caps for gameplay, will Chinese e-sports teams lose their edge?

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

Mobility

Autonomous driving startup DeepRoute.ai bags USD 300 million from Alibaba Group, others.

Autonomous driving startup DeepRoute.ai bags USD 300 million from Alibaba Group, others | KrASIA

Autonomous driving startup DeepRoute.ai bags USD 300 million from Alibaba Group, others

Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

Didi

Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

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

Transportation

China’s Ministry of Transportation warns ride-hailing platforms against performing ‘illegal’ operations. Drivers that lack permits will be taken offline.