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How do trustless ledgers transform industries? Investigate decentralized databases, smart contracts, and infrastructure powering secure transactions.

Blockchain

Where do digital assets find value? Consider market volatility, decentralized exchanges, and blockchain protocols shaping crypto economies.

Cryptocurrencies

What happens when banking goes virtual? Study no-branch platforms, biometric authentication, and seamless financial services.

Digital Banks

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

How do policies adjust to a data-rich world? Explore usage-based coverage, automated claims, and analytics guiding risk assessment.

Insurance

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

China

Backed by Ant-linked partnerships and digital asset reserves, the firm is deepening the integration of blockchain with traditional finance.

Is Yunfeng Financial becoming Jack Ma’s next Ant Group?

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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CATL manufactures batteries that power electric vehicles, energy storage, and renewable energy infrastructures globally.

CATL

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

How do we store tomorrow’s power? Evaluate battery R&amp;D, manufacturing progress, and recycling strategies fueling energy independence.

Batteries

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

Deep Tech

How is power evolving? Review renewable sources, grid innovations, and efficiency measures driving cleaner, more resilient energy systems.

Energy

Battery

High-nickel packs offer higher energy density and lighter weight, but thermal stability and cost remain hurdles.

CATL’s 8-series battery comeback signals push to restore edge in ternary cells

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

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

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

E-commerce

Taobao

Retail entrepreneurs in their twenties are capitalizing on the mobile internet.

Alibaba-driven e-commerce created over 40 million jobs in China in 2018

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Lao Bei

Tmall

And they will make faster deliveries too.

Alibaba's Tmall online supermarket aims to cover almost all Chinese households

Alibaba&#8217;s Tmall online supermarket aims to cover almost all Chinese households

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Song Jingli

Nasdaq

Social Commerce

Yunji

The company was fined by Chinese authority in 2017 for running an online pyramid scheme.

Social commerce platform Yunji to go public on Nasdaq

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Luna Lin

Fliggy

Travel

"Window shopping" may soon be an antiquated term.

Fliggy, the online travel platform owned by Alibaba, launches its own shopping portal

Foxconn

Foxconn Ventures offloads stake in Alibaba in open market sale

Little Red Book

Chinese e-commerce platform Little Red Book upgrades its brand partner platform

Cambodia

Shenzhen's 4PX Express will provide training for vendors in the country.

UNDP partners with Alibaba-backed logistics provider to boost Cambodia's e-commerce sector

UNDP partners with Alibaba-backed logistics provider to boost Cambodia&#8217;s e-commerce sector

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Zhixin Tan

Indonesia

Lazada

Live Streaming

Video Streaming

Lazada is launching a live streaming feature and the presence of entertainment content is becoming more common on e-commerce platforms

Southeast Asia is entering the age of 'shoppertainment'

Southeast Asia is entering the age of &#8216;shoppertainment&#8217;

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Khamila Mulia

A local market regulator in China has recently ordered Guangzhou-based social commerce portal Peanut Diary to pay RMB 74.5 million (about US$11 million)

Consumer Economy

Alibaba-driven e-commerce created over 40 million jobs in China in 2018

Alibaba’s Tmall online supermarket aims to cover almost all Chinese households

Social commerce platform Yunji to go public on Nasdaq

Fliggy, the online travel platform owned by Alibaba, launches its own shopping portal

Foxconn Ventures offloads stake in Alibaba in open market sale

Chinese e-commerce platform Little Red Book upgrades its brand partner platform

UNDP partners with Alibaba-backed logistics provider to boost Cambodia’s e-commerce sector

Southeast Asia is entering the age of ‘shoppertainment’

Chinese social commerce app Peanut Diary fined for alleged pyramid scheme

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