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Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

Serta aims to solve one of the final challenges of smart living by reimagining what a bed can do.

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For Serta, the new era of smart living begins with sleep

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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Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

Google

Japan, Korea, and the West

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.

Deep Tech

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To keep users engaged, AI tools may need to be as simple and intuitive as they are powerful.

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What NotebookLM’s success says about the future of AI tools

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

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&#8217;s core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

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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. 

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In recent years, ByteDance has done something that many other Chinese internet companies have not—compete with western tech conglomerates on a global stage.

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What does the potential USD 50 billion TikTok buyout deal mean?

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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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

A victory for the individuals against tech giants.

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CHINA BRIEF | Tencent and TikTok’s sister app Douyin both steal personal information, Beijing court rules

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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

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

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

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Li Auto is the second China-based EV maker to go public in the US, following Nio.

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Hybrid EV maker Li Auto soars nearly 50% on Nasdaq debut after raising USD 1.1 billion in IPO

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

Alibaba

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

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

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Of the overall two billion app installs of TikTok and its Chinese version, Douyin, in April, India accounted for 611 million.

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TikTok tells Indian authority it&#8217;s ready to store user data locally

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Chinese apps pose risk for security cooperation with US, critics argue.

Japanese ruling party pushes for limits on TikTok | KrASIA

Japanese ruling party pushes for limits on TikTok

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Wei-Ying Ma will join an institute being founded by Baidu's former president Zhang Yaqin inside the Tsinghua University.

ByteDance's top AI scientist resigns amid TikTok's global setbacks | KrASIA

ByteDance&#8217;s top AI scientist resigns amid TikTok&#8217;s global setbacks

Brands in FMCG, fashion, beauty & care, and e-commerce to spend their ad budget allocated for TikTok on new platforms.

Advertisers join the search for the next TikTok in India | KrASIA

Advertisers join the search for the next TikTok in India

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The fund will be dispersed to eligible content creators over the coming years.

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TikTok tells Indian authority it’s ready to store user data locally

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