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

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

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The brand is betting that home life’s next frontier lies just beyond the back door.

From sofas to prefab spaces, Outer wants to shape the future of backyard living

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How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

With cheap phones and scripted content, they gamed the platform’s algorithm to dominate product search and sales.

These middle-aged men know Xiaohongshu better than anyone, and they’re all in Zhengzhou

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

Artificial Intelligence

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

Deep Tech

Agent Universe’s latest venture ditches the leaderboard model in favor of community, credibility, and signal over noise in an era of information overload.

Could Watcha be “China’s Product Hunt” for AI products?

AI Now! is a global AI community of Chinese developers, professionals, and founders.

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KrASIA tracks China’s tech and business stories—alongside key developments across the broader Asia Pacific region.

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

Entertainment

As people stayed home to avoid the coronavirus, older and less wealthy people suddenly had more reasons to use the internet.

China sees more older people and residents from lower-tier cities move online amid pandemic

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

JD.com

What extends a car’s lifecycle beyond the showroom? Investigate spare parts, performance upgrades, and services fueling the secondary automotive market.

Automotive Aftermarket

How do connected devices shape daily life? Examine IoT sensors, data platforms, and security protocols integrating smart tech into homes and cities.

Internet of Things

Users can control home appliances remotely from their cars via voice command or touch screen.

CHINA BRIEF | JD.com teams up with SAIC Volkswagen to allow home appliances control from vehicles

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Sun Henan

Data scientists to be paid USD 280,000 in digital push.

Suntory offers big bucks to techies who can personalize drinks

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Nikkei Asia

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

Social Impact

The data comes from a joint report by the China Institute for Employment Research and online recruiting platform Zhilian.

CHINA BRIEF | Q1 sees 14% less job openings in China, while demand from livestreaming industry surges 84%

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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The company wants to place its technology in around one million rooms worldwide by 2023.

Singaporean proptech startup SensorFlow raises USD 8.3 million

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Khamila Mulia

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

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

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

The move comes after major tech companies like Tencent, Ant Financial, and Meituan have all launched similar platforms.

CHINA BRIEF | JD.com launches mini program platform targeting 270,000 third-party merchants

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Song Jingli

Chinese teenager with cell phone near Chinese lanterns. Source: Tuchong.

What drives global exploration? Discover evolving tourism trends, hospitality services, and the shift toward personalized travel experiences.

Travel

The five-day holiday will be the first “mini peak season” this year, according to a report by Trip.com.

Record tourist numbers since COVID-19 expected for China’s Labor Day, boosting hopes for domestic tourism recovery

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South China Morning Post

L’Oreal, Shiseido, Procter & Gamble, Nivea, Mango, and Bosch are among the clients of the e-commerce startup.

Former Lazada execs’ OnPoint snaps up USD 8 million to double down on Vietnam

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Tech in Asia

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

Logistics

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