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

China Tech

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Creator Economy

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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Angel Investing

Investment

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Private Equity

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

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

hinese e-commerce giant JD.com said on Wednesday that it will spin off its cloud and AI business valued at RMB 15.7 billion (USD 2.4 billion) to JD Digits, according to a filing with the SEC. While JD won't get any cash from the deal, it will increase its equity interest in JD Digits to about 42%.

JD Digits absorbs JD.com's cloud and AI business, clips dependence on fintech | KrASIA

JD Digits absorbs JD.com&#8217;s cloud and AI business, clips dependence on fintech

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Song Jingli

Grocery Delivery

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

E-commerce giant JD.com (NASDAQ: JD) and its on-demand delivery affiliate Dada Group (NASDAQ: DADA) on Monday released a joint announcement, indicating that JD has agreed to buy USD 800 million worth of ordinary shares from Dada, increasing its holding to 51% after the transaction.

KEY STAT | JD.com increases stake in logistics affiliate Dada | KrASIA

KEY STAT | JD.com increases stake in logistics affiliate Dada

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Julianna Wu

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

Alibaba

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

Baidu

Taobao

Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

Xiaomi

Lending

China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) and four other government bodies have specified that all micro loan firms in the country cannot extend consumer loans to university students, according to an announcement on Wednesday.

China bans microlenders from granting consumer loans to university students | KrASIA

China bans microlenders from granting consumer loans to university students

80% of JD.com's user increase comes from lower-tier cities

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

E-commerce giant JD.com (NASDAQ: JD, HKEX: 9618) said in its Q4 report on Thursday that it reached 472 million active buying users in 2020, 30% or 110 million more than in the previous year. More than 80% of the new customers came from China's numerous lower-tier cities.

KEY STAT | JD.com boosts users in China's smaller cities | KrASIA

KEY STAT | JD.com boosts users in China&#8217;s smaller cities

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

Logistics

Mobility

JD Logistics

supply chain

JD.com (NASDAQ: JD), one of China’s largest retailers, built its brand by cultivating an in-house logistics network that gives its services a sheen of timeliness and reliability. This made it stand out among China’s myriad of retailers, including Alibaba’s popular Taobao.com. Now, JD Logistics operates as a subsidiary that has taken on a life of its own—if all goes according to plan, it will be the fourth company in the JD network to have shares listed on a stock exchange, after JD.com itself, Dada Nexus, and JD Health.

JD Logistics looks to deliver the goods | KrASIA

JD Logistics looks to deliver the goods

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Lin Lingyi

UN shows world's largest internet market still has ample room to grow.

China just 55th on e-commerce index due to low internet access | KrASIA

China just 55th on e-commerce index due to low internet access

Retail

JD.com is taking its third subsidiary public.JD.com Inc plans to list its shipping business in Hong Kong, raising potentially billions of dollars to capitalize on China’s post-Covid e-commerce boom.

JD.com plans to list shipping unit to ride e-commerce boom | KrASIA

JD.com plans to list shipping unit to ride e-commerce boom

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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Wency Chen

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Social Impact

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China will implement a national ban on plastic packaging in the logistic industry by 2025. China has the most advanced e-commerce and logistics network in the world. Speedy shipping covers nearly the entire country, making online shopping a reasonable option no matter where you are.

TECH PANO | 30-minute delivery, 300 years of plastic: The waste of e-commerce | KrASIA

TECH PANO | 30-minute delivery, 300 years of plastic: The waste of e-commerce

Chinese consumers spent USD 78 billion shopping for CNY

Online sales of prepared meals are up 380% year-on-year. With many Chinese citizens not returning to their hometowns this Chinese New Year, e-commerce sites have become even hotter shopping destinations to purchase gifts and essential items for the New Year's Eve dinner.

JD

JD Digits absorbs JD.com’s cloud and AI business, clips dependence on fintech