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

China

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

East Asia

Luckin Coffee provides app-based ordering, convenient pickup, and a broad beverage menu, reshaping China’s coffee consumption patterns.

Luckin Coffee

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

Consumer Economy

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

Retail

Coffee

Rapid expansion and rising delivery volumes lifted revenue, even as store-level profitability declined.

Luckin Coffee’s strong Q4 growth offsets margin pressure

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T. K. Lin

Where do digital assets find value? Consider market volatility, decentralized exchanges, and blockchain protocols shaping crypto economies.

Cryptocurrencies

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

Fintech

Hong Kong

Chinese companies fall back as Beijing denies loosening its anti-crypto stance.

Hong Kong's stablecoin drive nears quiet climax

Hong Kong&#8217;s stablecoin drive nears quiet climax

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Nikkei Asia

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

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

Creative

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

Gaming

The Chinese tech giant is reportedly allowing studios to tap its expertise while retaining creative independence.

Tencent harnesses M&A, AI to fast-track video game development

Tencent harnesses M&#038;A, AI to fast-track video game development

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 e-commerce giant is enabling more companies to become digital, data-driven enterprises.

‘Cloud infrastructure is critical to the future of society’ and Alibaba wants to play its part, says CEO Daniel Zhang

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SCMP

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

E-commerce

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

The firm is not alone in seeking opportunities in the country's fast-growing mobile internet sector.

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China&#8217;s Shunwei hunts Chinese unicorns&#8217; counterparts in India | WISE New Economy Conference 2019

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Song Jingli

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

Ant Group

Half of the aided users are under 40 years old.

Ant Financial’s Xiang Hu Bao gains 100 million users, supporting about 12,000 patients

Zenyum was part of the inaugural Surge cohort launched by Sequoia Capital India earlier this year for high-potential startups in Southeast Asia and India.

Dental startup Zenyum raises USD 13.6 million Series A to expand across Asia

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Thu Huong Le

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

Three points to achieve the mark: technology, content, aspiration.

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ByteDance’s Toutiao on mission to build next generation&#8217;s search engine | WISE New Economy Conference 2019

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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Tokopedia, an Indonesian online marketplace, empowers entrepreneurs, brands, and SMEs to reach digital-savvy consumers.

Tokopedia

Tokopedia Umroh is part of the sharia-compliant Tokopedia Salam ecosystem.

Tokopedia launches Mecca-bound Muslim travel service to tap Halal economy

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Cindy Silviana

One million small businesses in India are using the WhatsApp Business app.

Enterprise-focused WhatsApp platform makes USD 1 million profit for its India unit

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Priya Pradeep

Between 2016 and 2018, the rise in international internet bandwidth led to an increase of approximately USD 24 billion in India’s goods trade.

Cross-border data flow contributes 35% growth in India's trade growth

Cross-border data flow contributes 35% growth in India&#8217;s trade growth

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

Telecommunications

IDC projects 1.5% increase in 2020 as market awaits Apple's entry.

News

‘Cloud infrastructure is critical to the future of society’ and Alibaba wants to play its part, says CEO Daniel Zhang

China’s Shunwei hunts Chinese unicorns’ counterparts in India | WISE New Economy Conference 2019

Ant Financial’s Xiang Hu Bao gains 100 million users, supporting about 12,000 patients

Dental startup Zenyum raises USD 13.6 million Series A to expand across Asia

ByteDance’s Toutiao on mission to build next generation’s search engine | WISE New Economy Conference 2019

Tokopedia launches Mecca-bound Muslim travel service to tap Halal economy

Enterprise-focused WhatsApp platform makes USD 1 million profit for its India unit

Cross-border data flow contributes 35% growth in India’s trade growth

China 5G to drive first smartphone shipment rise in four years

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