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How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

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IPO Zaozhidao is a Chinese media outlet that provides timely coverage of IPO developments and related market signals.

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What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

The Chinese tea chain is expanding its product range and distribution network to improve store operations.

ChaPanda boosts H1 2026 performance with new products, supply chain efficiency

Cheng Zi is based in China, covering technology- and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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

Autonomous Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

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

Transportation

The ride-hailing company plans to expand its fleet in China while targeting Hong Kong and the UAE for overseas deployment.

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

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What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

Beijing-based ByteDance is set to launch its new music streaming service as soon as next month, according to the Financial Times

Spotify, Apple Music to face music streaming challenge from TikTok owner ByteDance: FT

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Zhu Wenjia is the new CEO of Jinri Toutiao, while former CEO Chen Lin will reportedly focus on ByteDance’s new initiatives.

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ByteDance&#8217;s Toutiao welcomes new CEO following management reshuffle (updated)

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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Kuaishou, best known for its short video platform, drives user-generated content, influencer marketing, and community engagement through shareable clips.

Kuaishou

Meta oversees social networks (like Facebook and Instagram), messaging apps, VR platforms, and digital ads, connecting billions across continents.

Short Video

“No two services are the same,” an Instagram spokeswoman said while acknowledging that TikTok is doing “big things” in the short video format.

Instagram takes on TikTok, Kwai in Brazil with new video-music remix feature

Bytedance wants to challenge Baidu’s dominant position in the search engine market.

ByteDance’s news aggregator tests larger search bar on Android, betting bigger on online search

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

Fintech

Users can get loans up to RMB 200,000 (USD 28,644) at a daily interest rate as low as 0.05% in minutes.

TikTok owner ByteDance unveils a cash loan app to tap China's finance sector

TikTok owner ByteDance unveils a cash loan app to tap China&#8217;s finance sector

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

Tencent aspires to position itself as the first player in video social networking before the arrival of the 5G era.

Tencent wants strangers to know each other while using "masks" in its new social video-calling app

Tencent wants strangers to know each other while using &#8220;masks&#8221; in its new social video-calling app

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

SoftBank is a global tech investor fueling startups, telecommunications ventures, and AI-driven innovations across international markets.

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How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

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While ShareChat is yet to find a revenue model, ByteDance has posted its maiden profit in India.

ByteDance India posts profit while Indian rival ShareChat reels under losses

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

Yinyuebang may also be ByteDance's solution to acquiring rights to new music.

ByteDance is incubating a music app to take another crack at social networking in China

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

WeChat

Mini programs are the current competitive arena for China’s tech giants.

ByteDance

Spotify, Apple Music to face music streaming challenge from TikTok owner ByteDance: FT

ByteDance’s Toutiao welcomes new CEO following management reshuffle (updated)

Instagram takes on TikTok, Kwai in Brazil with new video-music remix feature

ByteDance’s news aggregator tests larger search bar on Android, betting bigger on online search

TikTok owner ByteDance unveils a cash loan app to tap China’s finance sector

Tencent wants strangers to know each other while using “masks” in its new social video-calling app

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ByteDance is incubating a music app to take another crack at social networking in China

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