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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.

Alibaba Cloud powers scalable cloud computing, data analytics, and cybersecurity solutions, supporting businesses’ digital transformation worldwide.

Alibaba Cloud

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

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

Artificial Intelligence

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

Deep Tech

Foundation and Large Models

Agent-driven coding could be the next test of its AI cloud strategy.

Alibaba Cloud lifts MaaS revenue with deeper focus on AI coding

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Cheng Zi is based in China, covering technology- and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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Cheng Zi

The YU7 GT in “crimson red,” one of five available colorways.

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

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

Electric Vehicles

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

Mobility

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

Transportation

New variants sharpen its challenge to Tesla while testing its ability to scale production and move upmarket.

Xiaomi widens YU7 lineup to take on more of China’s EV market

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What drives digital storytelling? Examine content creation, distribution channels, and media platforms connecting audiences worldwide.

Content

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

Video

The company is using sequels, animation, and offline experiences to extend the value of stories beyond the screen.

Alibaba’s Hujing sees longform IP as a counterweight to short-form content

Entertainment | KrASIA

Virtual Idols are emerging as the new mainstream in Chinese entertainment. Giants and growing startups alike are moving in and pushing the boundaries of the sector.

Periscope Volume 11 | Virtual Idols — the next turf war in Chinese entertainment

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KrASIA Periscope

What drives global exploration? Discover evolving tourism trends, hospitality services, and the shift toward personalized travel experiences.

Travel

The company has been focusing on new verticals such as car rentals and staycations.

Klook manages to raise USD 200 million amid recovery of domestic tourism

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Song Jingli

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

Southeast Asia

Disney+ Hotstar was launched in September 2020 after the Walt Disney Company acquired Star India’s parent company 21st Century Fox.

Disney+ Hotstar pulls in 2.5 million subscribers in Indonesia, surpassing Netflix

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Tech in Asia

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

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

Gaming

What happens after acquisitions close? Examine deal structures, operational improvements, and exit strategies molding corporate outcomes.

Private Equity

VSPN recently acquired the firm of Wang Sicong, son of Wanda-founder Wang Jianlin.

Tencent-backed e-sports firm VSPN closes USD 60 million Series B+ round

Pinduoduo revolutionizes e-commerce with social group buying, connecting budget-conscious shoppers to discounts on a broad range of products.

Pinduoduo

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

Consumer Economy

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

E-commerce

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

Fintech

Pinduoduo planned to promote its new service Duoduo Pay and grocery group-buying platform Duoduo Maicai.

ByteDance's Douyin to replace Pinduoduo as red packet sponsor of CCTV gala

ByteDance&#8217;s Douyin to replace Pinduoduo as red packet sponsor of CCTV gala

Bilibili, an online entertainment platform, features anime, gaming videos, live streams, and interactive communities appealing to younger audiences.

Bilibili

How do virtual worlds expand reality? Discover AR/VR tools, content creation, and platforms layering digital information onto everyday life.

Augmented and Virtual Reality

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

Live Streaming

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

Music

Chinese entertainment firms are betting on the booming trend, but will virtual shows remain a thing after the pandemic?

Virtual concerts to break through to the mainstream, or just a passing fad?

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Wency Chen

The global gaming market is set to surpass USD 200 billion by 2023.

Bilibili Gaming raises USD 28 million in first financing round

Baidu leads Chinese search engines, voice assistants, autonomous driving research, and AI platforms connecting users with information and services.

Baidu

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

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

WeChat

WeChat Read, with 210 million registered users, has grown on the back of the WeChat network.

WeChat is reportedly releasing a Kindle-like e-reader

Bilibili's New Year's Eve gala gathered 250 million viewers at its peak.