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

Alibaba

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

China Tech

Taobao

Tmall

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

E-Commerce

High GMV and 88VIP engagement drove Alibaba’s Q3 growth, but profit pressures highlight a fiercely contested market.

88VIP shines amid Alibaba’s Q3 growth and profitability struggles | KrASIA

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88VIP shines amid Alibaba’s Q3 growth and profitability struggles

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

KrASIA

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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

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

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

On-Demand Services

Improved margins and a rebound in sales lifted JD.com’s Q3 profits, but market skepticism lingered over future growth.

JD.com’s Q3: Strong profits and growth fail to buoy investor confidence | KrASIA

JD.com’s Q3: Strong profits and growth fail to buoy investor confidence

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

Xiaomi

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Deep Tech

Artificial intelligence

After Meta’s success with Ray-Ban, Xiaomi joins Baidu in the race to make AI glasses China’s next tech hit.

Xiaomi to launch new AI glasses after Ray-Ban Meta stirs China demand | KrASIA

Xiaomi to launch new AI glasses after Ray-Ban Meta stirs China demand

KrASIA | News Archives

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

Didi

NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

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

Ride-hailing

The investment indicates investors are picking up confidence in the ride-hailing sector again after a two-year winter.

Following Dida's IPO filing, Shouqi Yueche closes Series C round | KrASIA

Following Dida&#8217;s IPO filing, Shouqi Yueche closes Series C round

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Song Jingli

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

Apple

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics manufacturer, headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The company was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former People's Liberation Army engineer.

Huawei

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

Hardware

The high-end smartphone makers Apple and Huawei are only separated by a mere 0.1% difference in market share.

KEY STAT | Huawei and Apple own 88% of China's high-end smartphone market | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Huawei and Apple own 88% of China&#8217;s high-end smartphone market

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Julianna Wu

Chinese TV chipmaker NationalChip completes Series C round

The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of hardware, these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

In the first seven months of 2020, the amount of investment in the semiconductor sector surpassed USD 8.95 billion, two times last year's amount.

Chinese digital TV chipmaker NationalChip nabs funding in Series C round | KrASIA

Chinese digital TV chipmaker NationalChip nabs funding in Series C round

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

Food Delivery

Grocery Delivery

The initial alliance with Sun Art dates back to 2017, after which Alibaba integrated its online grocery ordering platform Taoxianda with Sun Art's stores, offering home-delivery services.

Alibaba invests USD 3.6 billion to take control of retailer Sun Art | KrASIA

Alibaba invests USD 3.6 billion to take control of retailer Sun Art

The majority of the sales will occur in the first few days of the festive season, when Amazon and Flipkart will be holding their respective mega sales events.

Indian e-tailers to gross USD 6.5 billion in sales in upcoming festive season | KrASIA

Indian e-tailers to gross USD 6.5 billion in sales in upcoming festive season

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Social Impact

As Myanmar is set to hold general elections on November 8, pressure is growing that the government could possibly censor online content.

Myanmar's internet freedom gets a thumbs down: Report  | KrASIA

Myanmar&#8217;s internet freedom gets a thumbs down: Report 

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Stephanie Li

Japan, Korea, and the West

Xpeng

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Faraday Future will use the new funds to support mass production of its FF 91 model.

EV maker Faraday Future raises USD 45 million in debt financing | KrASIA

EV maker Faraday Future raises USD 45 million in debt financing

HBO and WB to go off-air in South Asian nations

Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

India Tech

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

Entertainment

Video

It will continue HBO's syndication partnership with Disney’s Hotstar that streams over 100 HBO original shows.

WarnerMedia shuts down HBO and WB in India and other South Asian nations | KrASIA

WarnerMedia shuts down HBO and WB in India and other South Asian nations

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

The app allows users to transform their credit card and member card points into "ChomCHOB points" to buy other products.

News

Following Dida’s IPO filing, Shouqi Yueche closes Series C round

KEY STAT | Huawei and Apple own 88% of China’s high-end smartphone market