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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

With luxury beauty sales slowing, L’Oréal is doubling down on affordability to stay competitive.

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36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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

Blockchain

Where do digital assets find value? Consider market volatility, decentralized exchanges, and blockchain protocols shaping crypto economies.

Cryptocurrencies

What happens when banking goes virtual? Study no-branch platforms, biometric authentication, and seamless financial services.

Digital Banks

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

Fintech

Singapore

Digital asset players and private banks are racing to capitalize on growing interest in the sector.

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Rich Asians fuel Singapore crypto craze on Trump, bitcoin hype

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Nikkei Asia

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

Payments

India

The share of cash transactions is expected to drop from 47% in 2019 to 14% by 2027.

Asia goes cashless as countries push for digital payments | KrASIA

Asia goes cashless as countries push for digital payments

Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

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China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

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

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

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

E-commerce

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

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Offering a more humane and entertaining way of online shopping, livestreaming is becoming a thorn in the side of Chinese e-commerce giants.

TECH PANO | How livestreaming e-commerce is posing a threat to Alibaba's Taobao and Tmall | KrASIA

TECH PANO | How livestreaming e-commerce is posing a threat to Alibaba&#8217;s Taobao and Tmall

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

ByteDance

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

Tencent

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

Artificial Intelligence

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Wang Xiaochuan

Tencent's move to entirely acquire Sogou represents a shift in China's internet landscape.

Why is Tencent making a move to buy search engine Sogou? | KrASIA

Why is Tencent making a move to buy search engine Sogou?

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Lin Lingyi

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

Autonomous Vehicles

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

Only two weeks ago, Xpeng Motors raised USD 500 million from investors including Hillhouse Capital.

CHINA BRIEF | Xpeng Motors scores USD 300 million in new round led by Alibaba ahead of US IPO | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Xpeng Motors scores USD 300 million in new round led by Alibaba ahead of US IPO

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Song Jingli

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

Didi

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

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bike-sharing in China

E-bike sharing platforms might be China's next investment craze, but regulators remain wary in the aftermath of the bike-sharing fad.

Forget bike-sharing, e-bikes to become the next trend in China's sharing economy | KrASIA

Forget bike-sharing, e-bikes to become the next trend in China&#8217;s sharing economy

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Gozde Celik

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

Xiaomi

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

Venture Capital

The move follows EV maker Li Auto's strong Nasdaq debut.

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba-backed EV maker Xpeng Motors to kick off USD 700 million US IPO | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba-backed EV maker Xpeng Motors to kick off USD 700 million US IPO

Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance all covet Baidu's search business.

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba's intelligent search app Quark releases content product ZVideo | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba&#8217;s intelligent search app Quark releases content product ZVideo

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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Over 1,000 shops that buy goods on Lingshoutong have made more than RMB 1 million (USD 142,686) in net profits.

Mom-and-pop stores beat 11% of Chinese listed companies in profitability | KrASIA

Mom-and-pop stores beat 11% of Chinese listed companies in profitability

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

Ant Group

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

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

Wang Xing, founder and chairman of Meituan, seemed to call out Alibaba on social media over the fact Taobao users cannot pay with WeChat.

CHINA BRIEF | Meituan removes Alipay for payments as chairman calls out Alibaba | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Meituan removes Alipay for payments as chairman calls out Alibaba

WeChat, Tencent’s superapp, combines messaging, social media, mobile payments, and mini-programs, streamlining daily tasks for over a billion users.

WeChat

Ant Group eyes the largest IPO of 2020 with a dual listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Alibaba

TECH PANO | How livestreaming e-commerce is posing a threat to Alibaba’s Taobao and Tmall

Why is Tencent making a move to buy search engine Sogou?

CHINA BRIEF | Xpeng Motors scores USD 300 million in new round led by Alibaba ahead of US IPO

Forget bike-sharing, e-bikes to become the next trend in China’s sharing economy

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba-backed EV maker Xpeng Motors to kick off USD 700 million US IPO

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba’s intelligent search app Quark releases content product ZVideo

Mom-and-pop stores beat 11% of Chinese listed companies in profitability

CHINA BRIEF | Meituan removes Alipay for payments as chairman calls out Alibaba

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