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What happens when banking goes virtual? Study no-branch platforms, biometric authentication, and seamless financial services.

Digital Banks

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

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Singapore

Southeast Asia

Lenders backed by Grab, Sea, and StanChart hang on as legacy rivals DBS, UOB, and OCBC boom.

Profits, and customers, prove elusive for Singapore's digital banks

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Profits, and customers, prove elusive for Singapore&#8217;s digital banks

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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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

China

Chinese food chains are moving beyond diaspora enclaves to attract mainstream international diners.

Hotpot, malatang, bubble tea: Chinese dining chains expand abroad to win over global palates

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Xiaochun Zhao

The Chinese startup reckons generative AI will eventually be processed directly on devices, not just in data centers.

Beyond the cloud, Houmo.AI sees AI compute shifting to the edge

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Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, showcases locally popular short videos, influencer content, and creative challenges optimized for China’s market.

Douyin

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

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

JD.com

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

Kuaishou

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

Douyin and Kuaishou fined for running JD Finance ad deemed ‘predatory.’ JD Finance was penalized for developing the ad, which featured a lending app.

Douyin and Kuaishou fined for running JD Finance ad deemed ‘predatory’

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Mengyuan Ge

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

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

Live Streaming

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

On-demand Services

Douyin to integrate food delivery function into livestreams. ByteDance is attempting to eat into Meituan and Ele.me’s business.

Douyin to integrate food delivery function into livestreams

NetEase, a Chinese Internet services firm, offers online gaming, music streaming, and e-commerce platforms, engaging millions of digital users.

NetEase

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

What drives digital storytelling? Examine content creation, distribution channels, and media platforms connecting audiences worldwide.

Content

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

Entertainment

What sets the world’s soundtrack? Follow streaming royalties, label strategies, and genre shifts guiding the global music industry’s rhythm.

Music

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

Video

Here’s how entertainment platforms are responding to China’s curbing of "excessive fan culture." Hits to fandoms will reshape entertainment platforms.

Here’s how entertainment platforms are responding to China’s curbing of ‘excessive fan culture’

Douyin removes 8,000 videos after latest copyright infringement lawsuit from Tencent. The companies have a history of wrangling over intellectual property.

Douyin removes 8,000 videos after latest copyright infringement lawsuit from Tencent

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Jiaxing Li

TikTok hosts short-form videos spanning entertainment, education, and branded content, capturing global audiences and driving cultural trends.

TikTok

A Cyberspace Administration of China investment vehicle, as well as two other state agencies, invested USD 308,770 in April for a 1% stake in ByteDance.

Chinese government builds stake in unit of TikTok-owner ByteDance

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

Tencent wins copyright infringement case against Douyin. ByteDance has lost another court case against Tencent for hosting videos involving Honor of Kings.

Tencent wins copyright infringement case against Douyin

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

WeChat

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

E-commerce

China’s tech giants have started a new proxy war in the food and beverage industry.

Tencent and ByteDance fight for a seat at the dinner table (Part 2 of 2)

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Lin Lingyi

Tencent and ByteDance fight for a seat at the dinner table (Part 1 of 2)

As the country ages, Chinese seniors flock to short-video apps like Douyin and Kuaishou to shop. But is the shopping experience overly enticing?

Chinese seniors flock to shop on short-video apps

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