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Tang Jing, manager of Li Auto’s flagship product line, asserts that the Chinese automaker stays competitive by prioritizing user value.

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Is Li Auto’s commitment to maximizing user value its moat?

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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Young entrepreneurs are using arcade games to grab low-rent opportunities.

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

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

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The expansion plans comes after the company had earlier announced plans to enter the US market end of this year

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JD.com plans Europe expansion through Germany after SEA moves

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.

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This will pit Alibaba against Tencent, which backs Kuaishou, in the short-video war

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Rumour: Alibaba to invest in Douyin after it splits off from Bytedance

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Taiwanese tour marketplace KKday strengthens its presence in China with Alibaba's Fliggy

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Deals | (Updated) Taiwan&#8217;s KKday now backed by Alibaba to further reach Chinese outbound tourists

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While many Chinese bike-sharing startups have bitten the dust in 2017, Hellobike has entered the fast track of development.

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Could latecomer bike-sharing startup Hellobike outrace ofo and Mobike?

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Taobao Xinxuan: Alibaba’s Entry Into Private Label Goods?

Appearance wise, the Taobao Xinxuan concept will remind many of Japanese retailer Muji. From a business model perspective, Taobao Xinxuan is actually more like Xiaomi.

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Taobao Xinxuan: Alibaba’s entry into private label goods?

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Alibaba Group, the next one, to stall its CDR issue in its domestic market.

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Alibaba Group defers CDR issuance in mainland following Xiaomi delay

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Voices

“Just like a shark cannot kill a Yangtze alligator.”

Alibaba’s Jack Ma: Local company can never be defeated | KrASIA

Alibaba’s Jack Ma: Local company can never be defeated

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Today’s Tech Headlines: oBike stops operations in Singapore; Alibaba reportedly acquiring Cermati 

Toutiao to build up a partial paywall for its top-ranked news app in China  

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