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

Consumer Economy

What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

Hardware

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

Laifen is sinking serious money into shavers, wagering that innovation will help it trump incumbents like Philips and Braun.

After hair dryers, Laifen targets the other side of bathroom counters with a shaver built from scratch

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Businesses offering bargains came out ahead of their high-end peers, based on Q1 earnings.

Discount coffee, hotels thrive in China's penny-pinching economy

Discount coffee, hotels thrive in China&#8217;s penny-pinching economy

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

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

JD.com

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

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E-commerce

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

Logistics

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

The firm just received USD 20 million investment in a Series A+ round led by Source Code Capital.

XYZ Robotics wants to free humans from menial labor inside warehouses: Inside China's Startups

XYZ Robotics wants to free humans from menial labor inside warehouses: Inside China&#8217;s Startups

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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.

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

Entertainment

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

Live Streaming

This move allows smaller companies and livestreamers to capitalize on the rapidly growing livestreaming e-commerce sector in China.

Alibaba opens its livestreaming technologies to other companies

Meituan, China’s all-in-one local services platform, covers food delivery, travel bookings, and lifestyle deals, simplifying daily consumer choices.

What revolutionizes mealtimes? Investigate alternative proteins, supply chain tracking, and delivery services fueling the future of food.

Food Tech

The move is Meituan’s second foray into China’s RMB 5 trillion (USD 733 billion) fresh food retailing industry.

Meituan plans grocery retail business expansion to cover 1,000 cities and towns in China

Dzuleira Abu Bakar, CEO of MaGIC. Courtesy of MaGIC via Vulcan Post.

Cumulatively, the revenue of 30 startups in GAP's third cohort grew from USD 6 million to USD 10.6 million.

MaGIC’s GAP grew startup revenue by 74% in 2019, now it’s going virtual and looking beyond growth

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

SoftBank is a global tech investor fueling startups, telecommunications ventures, and AI-driven innovations across international markets.

SoftBank

TikTok hosts short-form videos spanning entertainment, education, and branded content, capturing global audiences and driving cultural trends.

TikTok

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

Short Video

SoftBank has held discussions with India’s two largest telecom operators for buying out TikTok India in August.

SoftBank might jump in the race to acquire TikTok India business

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Dating app Momo's Q2 2020 net profit loss: 37.7%

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

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And the lackluster earnings results have brought down Momo's share price.

KEY STAT | China's Tinder Momo reports unsatisfying Q2 earnings

KEY STAT | China&#8217;s Tinder Momo reports unsatisfying Q2 earnings

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Julianna Wu

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

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

Gaming

PUBG Mobile and related apps accumulated more than 175 million lifetime downloads in India, its largest market by install numbers.

PUBG Mobile players and streamers mourn India’s ban on the Tencent game

The food service market in Thailand is worth over USD 7.7 billion in annual purchases across more than 200,000 restaurants, according to Freshket.

Thai agritech Freshket raises USD 3 million from Openspace Ventures

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CorNeat Vision co-founders Gilad Litvin (right) and Almog Aley Raz. Courtesy of CorNeat Vision via NoCamels.

What medical tools shape care delivery? Assess medical devices, diagnostics, and digital services refining patient treatment.

Medtech

CorNeat offers a few innovative solutions, including the CorNeat KPro, an artificial cornea, as well as the CorNeat EverPatch, an artificial connective tissue substitute.

Israeli medtech startup CorNeat Vision uses patented implants to treat blinding diseases

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