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Retail & Commerce

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

Consumer Economy

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

E-commerce

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

Logistics

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

On-demand Services

China

The strategy helps merchants boost efficiency and minimize tariffs, sidelining Western services.

Chinese door-to-door logistics networks grow in US to counter trade war

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

KrASIA

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Nikkei Asia

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Hong Kong

By connecting businesses across ASEAN and the GBA, Hong Kong can show how hubs create more value together.

Hong Kong's hub ambitions are not a zero-sum game

Hong Kong&#8217;s hub ambitions are not a zero-sum game

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Edric Mak

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

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

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

East Asia

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

It has raised its revenue targets, betting that stronger models will lift its cloud business.

Volcano Engine bets better models, not lower prices, will decide the MaaS race

Cheng Zi is based in China, covering technology- and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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Cheng Zi

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

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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.

The deal will make Yunda the second-largest shareholder of Deppon with a 6.5% stake.

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba-backed courier firm Yunda injects USD 86 million into Deppon Express

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

Pinduoduo revolutionizes e-commerce with social group buying, connecting budget-conscious shoppers to discounts on a broad range of products.

Pinduoduo

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

Hardware

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

A total of 3,600 cars have been sold on Pinduoduo between May 1 and May 20 of 2020.

CHINA BRIEF | Pinduoduo sets special team to stimulate car sales

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Song Jingli

How are digital assets protected? Analyze threat detection, encryption standards, and cybersecurity solutions safeguarding data.

Cybersecurity

The action will prohibit the export, re-export, or in-country transfer of United States technology to the company.

CHINA BRIEF | Cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360 added to US Entity List

Huawei, a global telecom and smartphone vendor, delivers networking equipment, 5G solutions, and consumer devices integrating cutting-edge tech.

How does information move at light speed? Review 5G rollouts, fiber networks, and connectivity standards advancing global communication.

Telecommunications

The move marks a retreat from Downing Street's previous position.

CHINA BRIEF | UK government to reduce Huawei's participation in country's 5G network development plan

CHINA BRIEF | UK government to reduce Huawei&#8217;s participation in country&#8217;s 5G network development plan

PayMe is a peer-to-peer payment app introduced by HSBC in Hong Kong in February 2017. It allows users to transfer funds and pay participating merchants for online or in-store purchases. Courtesy of HSBC via South China Morning Post.

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

Fintech

Hong Kong has seen a threefold jump in transaction volume passing through the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Faster Payment System.

Thanks to mahjong and poker, HSBC’s e-wallet hits new milestone on pandemic-driven surge in online payments

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South China Morning Post

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

eCapitaMall will feature products from retailers most of which are operating in CapitaLand’s shopping malls.

CapitaLand to launch e-commerce, food delivery platforms on June 1 to drive sales

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Vulcan Post

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

Gaming

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

Live Streaming

The directive from the Supreme People’s Court comes amid the growing number of disputes over money spent by minors on these platforms.

China’s highest court supports refund for kids’ excessive spending on games, livestreaming apps

Social Commerce

Pinduoduo benefitted from people's reliance on e-commerce during the pandemic, while livestreaming holds promise for the future.

Pinduoduo stock soars after strong Q1 amid growing reliance on e-commerce

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AJ Cortese

Taobao

While Alibaba withstood China's macroeconomic slowdown in early 2020, a wave of digitization spurred growth in e-commerce livestreaming, cloud services, and enterprise software.