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ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

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

China Tech

Douyin

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

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

E-Commerce

Food Delivery

Grocery Delivery

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

Retail

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

Commerce

E-commerce

quick commerce

Meituan Shangou, its quick commerce business, could play a significant role in its strategy to counter competition from main rival Douyin.

With Douyin looming, Meituan shifts focus back to its core business | KrASIA

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With Douyin looming, Meituan shifts focus back to its core business

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

KrASIA

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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India

MENA

Singapore

Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Toku to acquire AiChat, Strativity Group bought by UST, ADQ and OIA launch new fund to stimulate MENA tech innovation, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Toku to acquire AiChat, Strativity Group bought by UST, ADQ and OIA launch new fund to stimulate MENA tech innovation, and more

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Jeff Chay

New Zealand

The recent delegation visit underscores China's openness to collaborate more closely with "friend and partner" New Zealand.

Chinese delegation bolsters bilateral trade and cooperation in recent visit to New Zealand | KrASIA

Chinese delegation bolsters bilateral trade and cooperation in recent visit to New Zealand

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

Alibaba

Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

Didi

ELEME Inc. is a platform that offers online food delivery service. It was founded in 2008 by Mark Zhang and Jack Kang in Minhang Campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Ele.me was acquired by the Alibaba Group in April 2018 and continues to operate independently.

ele.me

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

Kuaishou (Chinese: 快手) is a platform for recording with millions of original fresh videos everyday.

Kuaishou

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

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

Live Streaming

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

Visual Stories

The bi-annual internet report published by the Chinese government provides insights of various internet sectors’ current developments.

Doing it all: How the Chinese internet has changed over the decade | KrASIA

Doing it all: How the Chinese internet has changed over the decade

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Julianna Wu

Video

There are about 50 online video platforms in India, making it a hyper-competitive market.

Temasek-backed video streaming service Viu quits India market | KrASIA

Temasek-backed video streaming service Viu quits India market

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

Gojek is a transportation network company and logistics startup company based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Gojek

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

Food and financial services now make up more than 50% of Grab’s gross merchandise volume, according to Lim Kell Jay, the regional head of GrabFood.

As Grab expands to food and finance, its transport business is no longer driving most of its growth | KrASIA

As Grab expands to food and finance, its transport business is no longer driving most of its growth

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South China Morning Post

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

Logistics

64-year-old Nanik Soelistiawati created her delicious snacks from leftover bananas.

The woman behind Indonesia’s famous banana fritters rose from the Gojek-Grab battle: People of the Digital Economy | KrASIA

The woman behind Indonesia’s famous banana fritters rose from the Gojek-Grab battle: People of the Digital Economy

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Cindy Silviana

Populix connects businesses with respondents, providing insights to help clients better understand Indonesian consumers.

Indonesia's research startup Populix raises USD 1 million seed funding round | KrASIA

Indonesia&#8217;s research startup Populix raises USD 1 million seed funding round

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Khamila Mulia

The company has fully adopted big data, AI and the Internet of Things (IoT) in its marketing, delivery, and supply chain.

How AI and algorithms helped online fresh produce startup MissFresh rise to top spot | WISE New Economy Conference 2019 | KrASIA

How AI and algorithms helped online fresh produce startup MissFresh rise to top spot | WISE New Economy Conference 2019

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Sun Henan

Meituan booked RMB 1.9 billion (USD 270.2 million) in adjusted net profit.

After second profitable quarter, Meituan takes on bike-sharing as key segment for future investments | KrASIA

After second profitable quarter, Meituan takes on bike-sharing as key segment for future investments

Swiggy

Swiggy is in for a twin attack on Dunzo and Zomato.

Indian food-delivery unicorn Swiggy sees gold in sundry delivery and cloud kitchens | KrASIA

Indian food-delivery unicorn Swiggy sees gold in sundry delivery and cloud kitchens

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Priya Pradeep

BigBasket

This year at least three milk delivery businesses either shut shop or trimmed their operations.