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

China Tech

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

Xiaomi

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

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

Transportation

Electric vehicle

xiaomi

The smartphone maker hopes to turn the 'Apple Car' idea into reality.

China's Xiaomi jumps into EV market battle with gusto | KrASIA

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China&#8217;s Xiaomi jumps into EV market battle with gusto

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

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New Energy Vehicle

new energy vehicles

The Chinese automaker is banking on the new brand to change its fortunes in the NEV market.

Chery to launch new “Yueji” NEV brand, debut model coming by year’s end | KrASIA

Chery to launch new “Yueji” NEV brand, debut model coming by year’s end

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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The decade-old "Oriental Leaf Tea" remained Nongfu Spring's driving force in 2023, spearheading the company's growth.

Nongfu Spring’s profits soared in 2023 despite public backlash | KrASIA

Nongfu Spring’s profits soared in 2023 despite public backlash

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Short Video

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.

KrASIA | Short Video Archives

Creative

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

Alibaba

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

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

Content

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

E-Commerce

Live Streaming

Major tech companies in China unbrick walled gardens to integrate rival payment services. Alibaba and Tencent are dissolving protectionist features.

Major tech companies in China unbrick walled gardens to integrate rival payment services | KrASIA

Major tech companies in China unbrick walled gardens to integrate rival payment services

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Mengyuan Ge

ByteDance caps screen time for young Douyin viewers and rolls out a new educational video app, Xiao Qu Xing, which will have a 40-minute view time limit.

ByteDance caps screen time for young Douyin viewers, rolls out new educational video app | KrASIA

ByteDance caps screen time for young Douyin viewers, rolls out new educational video app

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Brady Ng

MENA

Video

Israeli app developer Lightricks secures USD 130 million at USD 1.8 billion valuation. Lightricks' tools include Facetune2, Facetune Video, and Videoleap.

Israeli app developer Lightricks secures USD 130 million at USD 1.8 billion valuation | KrASIA

Israeli app developer Lightricks secures USD 130 million at USD 1.8 billion valuation

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NoCamels

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

Entertainment

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

9 takeaways about Gen Z consumers from Cyanhill Capital’s 2021 mid-year consumption report. The term “Gen Z” takes on a slightly different meaning in China.

9 takeaways about Gen Z consumers from Cyanhill Capital’s 2021 mid-year consumption report | KrASIA

9 takeaways about Gen Z consumers from Cyanhill Capital’s 2021 mid-year consumption report

Douyin

NetEase, Inc. is a Chinese Internet technology company providing online services centered on content, community, communications and commerce. The company was founded in 1997 by Lebunto. NetEase develops and operates online PC and mobile games, advertising services, email services and e-commerce platforms in China.

NetEase

Music

Here’s how entertainment platforms are responding to China’s curbing of "excessive fan culture." Hits to fandoms will reshape entertainment platforms.

Here’s how entertainment platforms are responding to China’s curbing of ‘excessive fan culture’ | KrASIA

Here’s how entertainment platforms are responding to China’s curbing of ‘excessive fan culture’

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

Kuaishou

Kuaishou is generating more e-commerce conversations as brands flock to the short video platform to sell and market their products.

Kuaishou's stickiness spurs e-commerce in second quarter | KrASIA

Kuaishou&#8217;s stickiness spurs e-commerce in second quarter

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AJ Cortese

Douyin removes 8,000 videos after latest copyright infringement lawsuit from Tencent. The companies have a history of wrangling over intellectual property.

Douyin removes 8,000 videos after latest copyright infringement lawsuit from Tencent | KrASIA

Douyin removes 8,000 videos after latest copyright infringement lawsuit from Tencent

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Jiaxing Li

Tiktok

A Cyberspace Administration of China investment vehicle, as well as two other state agencies, invested USD 308,770 in April for a 1% stake in ByteDance.

Chinese government builds stake in unit of TikTok-owner ByteDance | KrASIA

Chinese government builds stake in unit of TikTok-owner ByteDance

Tencent wins copyright infringement case against Douyin. ByteDance has lost another court case against Tencent for hosting videos involving Honor of Kings.