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

China

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

East Asia

Mixue Bingcheng runs beverage shops, leveraging mobile ordering and social commerce to serve refreshing drinks and desserts.

Mixue Bingcheng

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

Closures in Indonesia and Vietnam mark growing pains, but domestic scale, coffee, and new supply hubs give the group fresh momentum.

Mixue trims abroad, doubles down at home, and brews up Lucky Cup’s rise

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

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

Used in everything from humanoid robots to pool cleaners, RobStride’s modules are becoming the unseen foundation of China’s embodied intelligence wave.

RobStride builds the joints that keep China’s robots moving, and a thriving industry around them

Coffee

A buyer is expected to be chosen by October.

Brewing takeover: Four firms in final race to buy Starbucks China

Starbucks offers coffee, espresso beverages, and pastries, emphasizing premium quality and creating a welcoming "third place" experience for customers.

Starbucks

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

What revolutionizes mealtimes? Investigate alternative proteins, supply chain tracking, and delivery services fueling the future of food.

Food Tech

Videos

After Luckin's crash, the strongest challenger to Starbucks in China might be a tea company.

Video | Can Chinese tea chains challenge Starbucks in China?

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James Chan

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

Ele.me, a Chinese online food delivery platform, partners with local restaurants to provide fast, convenient dining options to urban consumers.

Ele.me

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

E-commerce

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

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

Amid competition from Luckin, Starbucks hopes to digitalize its services in the country.

CHINA BRIEF| Starbucks teams up with Sequoia Capital China to co-invest in beverage startups

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Song Jingli

The firm's alternative plant-based beef products have been available in more than 3,300 Starbucks locations across China since Wednesday.

Beyond Meat enters the Chinese market via Starbucks partnership

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Sun Henan

The American coffee chain is catching up on services that have become commonplace with younger rivals like Luckin

Adapting to Chinese consumer trends, Starbucks opens first takeaway-based store in Beijing

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Viktoria Fricova

Luckin

In the second half of 2018, Starbucks partnered with food delivery company Ele.me, an Alibaba subsidiary, to buoy sales.

Starbucks China leadership regroups to focus on retail and digital innovation

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Lao Bei

New Retail

Starbucks just took a bite out of Luckin Coffee's playbook

Starbucks takes after Luckin, launching in-store pick ups in China

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Today's Tech Headlines: Starbucks to take on Luckin Coffee and Coffee Box in China

Today&#8217;s Tech Headlines: Starbucks to take on Luckin Coffee and Coffee Box in China

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Robin Moh

With sales dropping, the coffee chain giant might be facing a real threat from local startup Luckin Coffee.

Starbucks China is betting on deliveries with Ele.me to stay ahead

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