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Proponents and opponents of regulation both spurn South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's attempt at compromise.

South Korea flounders in quest to restrain power of online platforms | KrASIA

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South Korea flounders in quest to restrain power of online platforms

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As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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

China Tech

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Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

Live Streaming

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. 

Short Video

Video

Gaming and ad growth help Bilibili hit a profit, but sustaining this trajectory could be challenging.

Bilibili hits profitability milestone but faces big questions about its staying power | KrASIA

Bilibili hits profitability milestone but faces big questions about its staying power

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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Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Singapore

Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Podium nets Series A1 funding, Gyges Labs backed to redefine wearables, xAI raises USD 5 billion, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Podium nets Series A1 funding, Gyges Labs backed to redefine wearables, xAI raises USD 5 billion, and more

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KrASIA Writers

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

KrASIA | JD Archives

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

Alibaba

Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals. It was founded by Colin Huang as Shanghai Dream Information Technology Co., Ltd. in September 2015.

Pinduoduo

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

The platform now wants to reframe itself as a marketplace for branded merchandise.

Pinduoduo surpasses JD.com on GMV two years earlier than planned, says founder Huang (updated) | KrASIA

Pinduoduo surpasses JD.com on GMV two years earlier than planned, says founder Huang (updated)

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Song Jingli

The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of hardware, these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

China's JD Logistic is now allowing cars to be used as mailing address.

Chinese shoppers can now have their parcels delivered to their cars | KrASIA

Chinese shoppers can now have their parcels delivered to their cars

14 of 58 batches of these devices were found unqualified.

Watchdog accuses JD.com and Alibaba for hosting unqualified child safety seats | KrASIA

Watchdog accuses JD.com and Alibaba for hosting unqualified child safety seats

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

One dark side of China's fast-growing consumer loan industry.

Loan platforms backed by JD.com and Baidu face controversy as English-training agency Webi goes bankrupt | KrASIA

Loan platforms backed by JD.com and Baidu face controversy as English-training agency Webi goes bankrupt

US e-cigarette giant Juul Labs is also affected by the US regulators' growing scrutiny.

Alibaba and JD.com end sales of e-cig products to US buyers amid vaping crackdown | KrASIA

Alibaba and JD.com end sales of e-cig products to US buyers amid vaping crackdown

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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The platform's shares have dived more than 80% in two years.

China’s first P2P lender Yirendai loses CEO to JD.com amid mounting regulatory pressure | KrASIA

China’s first P2P lender Yirendai loses CEO to JD.com amid mounting regulatory pressure

Alibaba and JD.com are penetrating down into lower-tier cities while Pinduoduo does the opposite.

JD.com launches its Pinduoduo rival, with a little help from WeChat | KrASIA

JD.com launches its Pinduoduo rival, with a little help from WeChat

Company said online stores on Tmall and JD.com are being adjusted to ‘better consumer services’.

Exclusive | US e-cigarette giant Juul pulls products off Chinese shelves, a week after launch | KrASIA

Exclusive | US e-cigarette giant Juul pulls products off Chinese shelves, a week after launch

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Sun Henan

In a hope that students can become users for its financial products.

JD

Pinduoduo surpasses JD.com on GMV two years earlier than planned, says founder Huang (updated)

Chinese shoppers can now have their parcels delivered to their cars