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

The automotive aftermarket is the secondary market of the automotive industry, concerned with the manufacturing, remanufacturing, distribution, retailing, and installation of all vehicle parts, chemicals, equipment, and accessories, after the sale of the automobile by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to the consumer. 

Automotive Aftermarket

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

Electric vehicle

JD.com

New Energy Vehicle

new energy vehicles

Apart from selling its own cars, JD aims to handle every aspect of the automotive business.

What is JD's blueprint for entering the new energy vehicle industry? | KrASIA

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What is JD&#8217;s blueprint for entering the new energy vehicle industry?

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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Deep Tech

Energy

China is tapping into emerging markets for its solar exports amid trade tensions with the US and Europe.

China’s solar surplus creates opportunities for emerging green markets | KrASIA

China’s solar surplus creates opportunities for emerging green markets

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Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

climate change

sustainability

In Malaysia, a weak currency is squeezing financing for decarbonization efforts.

Greenflation causes Indonesia and Vietnam to backtrack on renewables | KrASIA

Greenflation causes Indonesia and Vietnam to backtrack on renewables

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Nikkei Asia

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

KrASIA | AI Archives

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

Hardware

The company operates in the unmanned aerial vehicle services sector in 25 countries.

Gobi-backed Aerodyne secures more funds to expand in China, India, Japan | KrASIA

Gobi-backed Aerodyne secures more funds to expand in China, India, Japan

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Tech in Asia

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

In 2003 and 2004, funding for Asian private companies declined by 27% and 29% respectively against 2002 levels.

Funding for Asian start-ups likely to slow amid coronavirus outbreak, if Sars and Zika any guide | KrASIA

Funding for Asian start-ups likely to slow amid coronavirus outbreak, if Sars and Zika any guide

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SCMP

iFLYTEK

Last year was a challenging one for Chinese tech companies as the tech cold war between China and the US escalated.

iFlyTek says 2019 revenue will exceed USD 1.4 billion as it downplays impact of tech war | KrASIA

iFlyTek says 2019 revenue will exceed USD 1.4 billion as it downplays impact of tech war

Using facial recognition technology, Gtriip verifies photo IDs.

AI-powered identity verification startup Gtriip raises seven-figure Series B funding | KrASIA

AI-powered identity verification startup Gtriip raises seven-figure Series B funding

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Khamila Mulia

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

Alibaba

The two tech giants have been quietly researching genetics for years, which might now be put to good use.

Alibaba and Baidu offer AI gene sequencing tools to help fight the China coronavirus outbreak | KrASIA

Alibaba and Baidu offer AI gene sequencing tools to help fight the China coronavirus outbreak

Open sesame. Abracadabra. Alexa, turn on the lights.

2020: The decade when voicetech finally takes off? | KrASIA

2020: The decade when voicetech finally takes off?

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Deloitte Southeast Asia Innovation Team

Their US counterparts still strike the most deals, although their share of the number of deals has been dropping.

China’s AI start-ups are closing more funding deals, yet they’re still attracting less money than the US | KrASIA

China’s AI start-ups are closing more funding deals, yet they’re still attracting less money than the US

The firm provides intelligent computer vision solutions for the wind power and retail industries.

AI and drone startup Clobotics bags USD 10 million from Tiger Investment to expand to Singapore | KrASIA

AI and drone startup Clobotics bags USD 10 million from Tiger Investment to expand to Singapore

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Song Jingli

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 

Grab

SoftBank Group Corp. is a holding company that engages in the management of its group companies which provides information technology and telecommunication services. It operates through the following segments: Mobile Communications, Sprint, Fixed-line Telecommunications, Internet, and Others. 

Softbank

SoftBank Group to discuss contributing capital to develop smart cities in .

SoftBank and Grab in talks with Indonesian government on potential investment in new capital city | KrASIA

SoftBank and Grab in talks with Indonesian government on potential investment in new capital city

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