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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

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

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

Creative

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

Gaming

The Chinese tech giant is reportedly allowing studios to tap its expertise while retaining creative independence.

Tencent harnesses M&A, AI to fast-track video game development

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Tencent harnesses M&#038;A, AI to fast-track video game development

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

KrASIA

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Nikkei Asia

JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce leader, ensures trusted transactions, efficient logistics, and a wide product selection for online shoppers.

JD.com

When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

Backed by a robust ecosystem and amid accelerating overseas expansion, JD Property’s valuation case may be due for a reset.

Can JD Property’s overseas push reshape its IPO valuation story?

IPO Zaozhidao is a Chinese media outlet that provides timely coverage of IPO developments and related market signals.

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IPO Zaozhidao

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

Baidu

AI Infrastructure

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

See it as an AI company, not a search engine, Baidu urged investors.

Baidu Q4 results show legacy declines offset by AI growth

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T. K. Lin

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

On-demand Services

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Consumer Economy

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

Transportation

The scooter-sharing firm is looking to expand into five more cities within the next 12 months.

E-scooter company Neuron Mobility notches USD 12 million from Australia’s Square Peg, GSR Ventures

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Ursula Florene

Engineers in one of Careem's regional offices. Courtesy of Careem via MENAbytes.

What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

The company introduced work-from-home arrangements for its employees when COVID-19 was spreading across the globe.

Careem goes remote-first, will allow employees to work from home on a permanent basis

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MENAbytes

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

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

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

E-commerce

The factory, which has been under development for three years, is now able to produce small-batch orders at reasonable costs and with shorter delivery times for apparel makers.

Alibaba unveils vision of futuristic, on-demand manufacturing with secret Hangzhou factory

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Song Jingli

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

Fintech

Shakeup in crowded industry expected as COVID pushes cashless demand.

China's Ant eyes Southeast Asia e-payment dominance with IPO

China&#8217;s Ant eyes Southeast Asia e-payment dominance with IPO

Google dominates online search, digital ads, and cloud solutions, powering discovery, analytics, and smartphone operating systems.

Google

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

This round of funding comes 10 months after it raised USD 45 million last year.

Google and Lightstone lead USD 28 million round in delivery startup Dunzo

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Avanish Tiwary

Many fitness studios and beauty salons are taking their businesses online which have helped the rise of booking apps.

From gyms, massages, to manicures: Wellness booking apps in Singapore

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Vulcan Post

Alibaba will be the biggest shareholder of the beauty service provider after the deal.

On-demand beauty service platform Helijia secures funding from Alibaba

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

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

China’s booming shared power bank industry had 150 million users in 2019, according to market research firm Trustdata.

China’s power bank sharing industry took a hit from COVID-19, but it’s not out of juice yet

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South China Morning Post

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

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

Logistics

Southeast Asia

With the integration, the same Gojek app can be used in Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, and Thailand.

Gojek officially unifies brand across four markets

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