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How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

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State-backed lending spans 168 ports across 90 countries, a report shows.

China's global port push reveals supply chain security goals

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What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

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

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

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The video generation platform is expanding globally from Singapore after building early traction with consumer users.

PixVerse hits unicorn valuation with new Series C funding

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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.

East Asia

Li Auto develops electric vehicles that combine smart cockpit systems, advanced safety features, and long-distance battery support.

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

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How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

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How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

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AI and new EV models feature in the automaker’s plans to regain momentum in 2026.

Li Auto ends 2025 on a steady note, but turnaround remains in progress

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

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Nio, a Chinese electric car maker, specializes in high-performance EVs, battery-swapping solutions, and autonomous driving technologies.

Investors will inject in total USD 990 million into Nio China in five installments.

CHINA BRIEF | Nio China secures USD 680 million cash injection

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

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Tencent is converting another world-famous game franchise for smartphones.

Tencent’s Pokémon Unite is like League of Legends with Pikachu for Nintendo Switch and smartphones

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App Clips, coming with iOS 14, are designed to let users complete a quick task in seconds. Courtesy of Apple via South China Morning Post.

Apple designs iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers, coupling sleek hardware with robust software ecosystems and service offerings.

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

WeChat

Apple’s next iPhone operating system will introduce App Clips, a new feature similar to WeChat’s mini programs.

iOS 14 adds Apple’s answer to WeChat’s most powerful feature

Tencent and NetEase together account for 60% of the total gaming market revenue in China, according to a report by intelligence firm Analyses.

Tencent lands another mobile game hit as Brawl Stars rakes in USD 17.5 million in first week

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The cash-craving EV startup rebounded strongly from the pandemic's impact, setting a monthly record for electric vehicles sold in May.

KEY STAT | Tencent makes new bid for Chinese EV maker Nio

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

The global market for video games is forecast to reach USD 159.3 billion this year, with mobile games making up about half of that.

ByteDance brushes off early failures with new partnerships to battle Tencent in core games market

TikTok's owner set an annual revenue goal of RMB 200 billion, while more than 80% of its 2019 revenue was from online advertising.

KEY STAT | ByteDance first quarter revenues up 130% with annual target half of Tencent's 2019 earnings [Update]

KEY STAT | ByteDance first quarter revenues up 130% with annual target half of Tencent&#8217;s 2019 earnings [Update]

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

Alipay, a fintech platform by Ant Group, offers mobile payments, financial services, and e-commerce integrations, supporting transactions globally.

Alipay

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

Meituan, China’s all-in-one local services platform, covers food delivery, travel bookings, and lifestyle deals, simplifying daily consumer choices.

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

On-demand Services

Alipay hopes to increase adoption of the app among SME owners, while spurring consumer spending in China's coronavirus-hit economy.

Alipay to give out USD 1.4 billion in coupons to boost consumption, increase app adoption

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

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Less than 1% of music streamers in India pay for the paid subscription, but that is about to change.

Global music streaming platforms tune in to capture the India market

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