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

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Smartphones

With its striking design and powerful AI capabilities, the Magic V3 sets the stage for Honor’s dominance in the foldable phone market.

Honor’s foldable Magic V3 steals spotlight at IFA 2024, overtakes Samsung in west Europe | KrASIA

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Honor’s foldable Magic V3 steals spotlight at IFA 2024, overtakes Samsung in west Europe

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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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Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

Apple

Japan, Korea, and the West

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

Wechat

Creative

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

Apple and Tencent square off again—this time over China’s booming minigames market.

WeChat stays on iPhones as Tencent and Apple spar over minigame revenues | KrASIA

WeChat stays on iPhones as Tencent and Apple spar over minigame revenues

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Retail

New COO Zheng Shuohuai takes on the challenge of aligning Sam’s Club’s e-commerce and offline operations as Walmart China sharpens its omnichannel strategy.

Sam’s Club names new COO in Walmart China’s latest executive reshuffle | KrASIA

Sam’s Club names new COO in Walmart China’s latest executive reshuffle

Electric Vehicles

KrASIA | Electric Vehicles Archives

Mobility

NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

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

Transportation

The company reported a narrowing net loss of USD 352.8 million, representing a 10.3% year-on-year decrease.

Chinese EV maker Nio’s shares soar 53% after earnings beat expectations | KrASIA

Chinese EV maker Nio’s shares soar 53% after earnings beat expectations

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Sun Henan

The EV maker also released a redesigned ES8 model and an upgraded battery pack.

Nio unveils newest production models to compete against Tesla’s Model Y | KrASIA

Nio unveils newest production models to compete against Tesla’s Model Y

Lixiang's first production model is not off to a good start.

Chinese EV maker Lixiang drives into series missteps after struggling to deliver new model | KrASIA

Chinese EV maker Lixiang drives into series missteps after struggling to deliver new model

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

Alibaba

Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

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

Xiaomi

While first-tier tech giants are retreating, Xiaomi and Meituan Dianping are testing the waters in the new energy vehicle sector via investments.

After Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent retreat, who will be the savior of Chinese EV makers? | KrASIA

After Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent retreat, who will be the savior of Chinese EV makers?

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

Grab's electric cars and motorbikes will start operating in Jakarta in January 2020.

Grab Indonesia introduces its first electric vehicle fleet | KrASIA

Grab Indonesia introduces its first electric vehicle fleet

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Khamila Mulia

More EV companies are eyeing collaboration in the battery charging sector.

Xpeng ties up with Nio on charging services in China's slowing EV market | KrASIA

Xpeng ties up with Nio on charging services in China&#8217;s slowing EV market

The new cash will power the company’s regional expansion and technology development.

Neuron Mobility raises USD 18.5 million Series A round led by GSR Ventures and Square Peg | KrASIA

Neuron Mobility raises USD 18.5 million Series A round led by GSR Ventures and Square Peg

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Cindy Silviana

The two companies have also established a strategic partnership in ride-hailing service, power and energy solutions, and the production and sales of Byton models overseas.

Exclusive | Byton adds Japanese trader Marubeni to its Series C round investor roster | KrASIA

Exclusive | Byton adds Japanese trader Marubeni to its Series C round investor roster

The industry still has large potential for growth.