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How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

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

Why do firms join forces? Investigate synergy goals, valuation methods, and negotiations driving corporate consolidation.

Merger &amp; Acquisition

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

Private Equity

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

The seasoned investor is adamant that his new fund will exclude any US dollar contributions.

Lightspeed veteran Herry Han bets on China with new VC fund | KrASIA

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Lightspeed veteran Herry Han bets on China with new VC fund

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

KrASIA

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends. 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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What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

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

Deep Tech

Artificial intelligence

Shengshu’s latest Vidu update cuts video generation costs by more than half and introduces templates to speed up the creative process.

AI video generation just got faster and cheaper with Shengshu’s Vidu 2.0 | KrASIA

AI video generation just got faster and cheaper with Shengshu’s Vidu 2.0

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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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

Cainiao

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Explore Northeast Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

Northeast Asia

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

Consumer Services

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

Logistics

Cainiao’s new mandate focuses on attracting more external clients while maintaining its support for Alibaba.

Cainiao offloads e-commerce duties to Alibaba to double down on logistics | KrASIA

Cainiao offloads e-commerce duties to Alibaba to double down on logistics

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

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Video

Research shows TikTok might have a problem with fake followers, but you’re more likely to encounter false promises.

You can buy fake TikTok followers, but it might cost you your privacy | KrASIA

You can buy fake TikTok followers, but it might cost you your privacy

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

ByteDance

How does learning transcend classrooms? Investigate online courses, adaptive learning tools, and global educational platforms.

Education

The world health body now has nearly half a million followers on TikTok after posting 11 short videos that attracted a total of 3 million likes.

WHO plans live streaming video on TikTok to fight coronavirus ‘infodemic’ | KrASIA

WHO plans live streaming video on TikTok to fight coronavirus ‘infodemic’

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SCMP

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

WeChat

It all comes down to what you demand from digital tools and how you interact with them.

WeChat and TikTok’s starkly different visions for digital information flows (Part 2 of 2) | KrASIA

WeChat and TikTok’s starkly different visions for digital information flows (Part 2 of 2)

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Jeffrey Towson (Contributor)

Meta oversees social networks (like Facebook and Instagram), messaging apps, VR platforms, and digital ads, connecting billions across continents.

Tencent

As we navigate an alarming situation, government officials have come up with imaginative ways to generate public awareness.

Southeast Asian health authorities get creative with COVID-19 awareness campaigns | KrASIA

Southeast Asian health authorities get creative with COVID-19 awareness campaigns

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Ursula Florene

Kuaishou, best known for its short video platform, drives user-generated content, influencer marketing, and community engagement through shareable clips.

Kuaishou

Kwai has already seen an astronomical surge in downloads in Argentina.

CHINA BRIEF | Short-video app Kwai is hiring for its expansion in Mexico and Argentina | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Short-video app Kwai is hiring for its expansion in Mexico and Argentina

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

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

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

Live Streaming

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

Boom in new users has saved online education companies hundreds of billions in advertising, industry insider says.

Coronavirus outbreak opens unprecedented opportunities for China’s online education market | KrASIA

Coronavirus outbreak opens unprecedented opportunities for China’s online education market

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Sun Henan

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

Entertainment

Visual Stories

Short video becomes a news channel and live-stream platform amid the coronavirus outbreak.

KEY STAT | TikTok surpasses WhatsApp to become the world's most downloaded app in January | KrASIA

KEY STAT | TikTok surpasses WhatsApp to become the world&#8217;s most downloaded app in January

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Julianna Wu

While ByteDance's Toutiao was the most downloaded news app during the same period.

CHINA BRIEF | TikTok the world's most downloaded app in January with 104.7 million installs | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | TikTok the world&#8217;s most downloaded app in January with 104.7 million installs

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

Gaming

How can businesses drive positive change? Study policies, ESG strategies, and community initiatives fostering global social advancement.

Social Impact

Videos

As many cities are under some form of quarantine, daily life has changed considerably.

Video | Life in China during the coronavirus outbreak | KrASIA

Video | Life in China during the coronavirus outbreak

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