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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

Tiktok

Content

Creative

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

Entertainment

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

Video

TikTok's CEO spoke at the APEC event in Latin America, where the app's user base is growing rapidly.

TikTok wants to become "most trusted" company as US ban looms | KrASIA

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TikTok wants to become &#8220;most trusted&#8221; company as US ban looms

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

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Nikkei Asia

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

Apple

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics manufacturer, headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The company was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former People's Liberation Army engineer.

Huawei

Japan, Korea, and the West

Deep Tech

Smartphones

Mate 70 users will get an early look at HarmonyOS Next, Huawei’s new Android-free operating system.

Huawei’s Mate 70 targets Apple with competitive pricing and new OS | KrASIA

Huawei’s Mate 70 targets Apple with competitive pricing and new OS

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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CATL, short for Contemporary Amperex Technology, is a Chinese company specializing in lithium-ion battery production for electric vehicles, energy storage, and battery management systems.

CATL

Battery

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

CATL targets heavy-duty transport with its new Tianxing batteries, boasting breakthroughs in range, charging speed, and durability.

CATL launches advanced battery lineup to electrify heavy-duty vehicles | KrASIA

CATL launches advanced battery lineup to electrify heavy-duty vehicles

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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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.

KrASIA | Alibaba Archives

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

WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

Wechat

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

The WeChat Pay team has won Tencent's USD 28.5 million Founders Award.

Tencent's WeChat Pay employees to get ten months' salary plus USD 28,500 as yearly bonus | KrASIA

Tencent&#8217;s WeChat Pay employees to get ten months&#8217; salary plus USD 28,500 as yearly bonus

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Song Jingli

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

Alibaba and its financial arm Ant Financial typically restructure on an annual basis as the companies adjust their strategies.

Alibaba announces management reshuffle while Ant Financial names Simon Hu as new CEO | KrASIA

Alibaba announces management reshuffle while Ant Financial names Simon Hu as new CEO

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The new version of the app went live on Wednesday.

Alibaba's Idle Fish evolves from online flea market to location-based community | KrASIA

Alibaba&#8217;s Idle Fish evolves from online flea market to location-based community

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

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

Online retail sales in China are expected to hit USD 1.5 trillion by the end of 2019.

Meet some major Chinese e-commerce players that you've never heard of | KrASIA

Meet some major Chinese e-commerce players that you&#8217;ve never heard of

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

NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

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

Xiaomi

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

Transportation

While first-tier tech giants are retreating, Xiaomi and Meituan Dianping are testing the waters in the new energy vehicle sector via investments.

After Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent retreat, who will be the savior of Chinese EV makers? | KrASIA

After Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent retreat, who will be the savior of Chinese EV makers?

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Sun Henan

Chinese video streaming platforms are trying different ways to pave the way to profitability.

Tencent Video and Baidu’s iQiyi face backlash after hiking prices for trending TV show | KrASIA

Tencent Video and Baidu’s iQiyi face backlash after hiking prices for trending TV show

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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Wency Chen

The fresh cash will be used to expand the company's virtual banking service and financial technologies.

Alibaba-backed Chinese fintech firm WeLab closes USD 156 million Series C round | KrASIA

Alibaba-backed Chinese fintech firm WeLab closes USD 156 million Series C round

Head-on competition from a deep-pocketed rival could be a headache for the still loss-making startup.

Alibaba's Juhuasuan doles out massive subsidy to take on Pinduoduo | KrASIA

Alibaba&#8217;s Juhuasuan doles out massive subsidy to take on Pinduoduo

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

Ant Financial's Alipay is valued at over USD 150 billion and is now expanding quickly outside of China.

How Alipay is killing cash in China, and wants to take the world stage | KrASIA

How Alipay is killing cash in China, and wants to take the world stage

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Alibaba

Tencent’s WeChat Pay employees to get ten months’ salary plus USD 28,500 as yearly bonus

Alibaba announces management reshuffle while Ant Financial names Simon Hu as new CEO

Alibaba’s Idle Fish evolves from online flea market to location-based community

Meet some major Chinese e-commerce players that you’ve never heard of

After Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent retreat, who will be the savior of Chinese EV makers?

Tencent Video and Baidu’s iQiyi face backlash after hiking prices for trending TV show

Alibaba-backed Chinese fintech firm WeLab closes USD 156 million Series C round

Alibaba’s Juhuasuan doles out massive subsidy to take on Pinduoduo

How Alipay is killing cash in China, and wants to take the world stage

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