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Baidu leads Chinese search engines, voice assistants, autonomous driving research, and AI platforms connecting users with information and services.

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

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

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Its new search interface is part chatbot, part creative tool, and part concierge, but whether users will embrace it at scale remains an open question.

Baidu reimagines search as the race to build the first AI superapp continues

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The Hong Kong-listed firm is advancing its pipeline using an mRNA system it says can compete with the industry’s best.

Everest Medicines targets global expansion with proprietary, AI-driven mRNA platform

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India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

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Daily Digest | Super app momentum

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The Uptake Daily Digest | Untangling Web3.

Daily Digest | Untangling Web3

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

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

WeChat

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Diversity is key for super app WeChat to overcome regulatory restrictions. It counts Alipay, Douyin, Kuaishou, and more as rivals.

Diversity is key for WeChat to overcome regulatory restrictions

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The Uptake Daily Digest | Rough rides. Grab one month on after its IPO.

Daily Digest | Rough rides

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

Bilibili, an online entertainment platform, features anime, gaming videos, live streams, and interactive communities appealing to younger audiences.

Bilibili

JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce leader, ensures trusted transactions, efficient logistics, and a wide product selection for online shoppers.

JD.com

China’s market regulator fines Tencent, Alibaba, others for M&A deals. The government will tighten supervision on platform companies in 2022.

China’s market regulator fines Tencent, Alibaba, others for M&A deals

China’s market regulator fines Tencent, Alibaba, others for M&#038;A deals

The Uptake Daily Digest | Rekindled. For a few hours, people thought Amazon would be the next company to leave China.

Daily Digest | Rekindled

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

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

On-demand Services

Alibaba’s local consumer businesses, Ele.me and Koubei, reportedly plan layoffs as they lose ground to Meituan.

Alibaba’s local consumer businesses reportedly plan layoffs as they lose ground to Meituan

The Uptake Daily Digest | Endless evolution.

Daily Digest | Endless evolution

Amazon leads e-commerce, streaming (Prime Video), and AWS cloud infrastructure, redefining retail, media, and data services.

Amazon

The US market serves as both the backbone and the driving force behind global technological advancements.

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

E-commerce

A Kindle shortage is fueling the theory that Amazon is leaving China. In October 2021, Amazon closed down its Kindle flagship on Taobao.

A Kindle shortage is fueling the theory that Amazon is leaving China

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