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Japan

Japanese consumers—known for their high standards—are lining up for hours to get their hands on Vivaia’s eco-friendly shoes. Why?

The secret behind Vivaia’s success in Japan’s footwear market | KrASIA

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The secret behind Vivaia’s success in Japan’s footwear market

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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36Kr English

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Europe

India

With lithium prices dropping and competition growing, automakers are adjusting to slower growth in the electric vehicle market worldwide.

EV market faces slower growth as global competition intensifies | KrASIA

EV market faces slower growth as global competition intensifies

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

China Tech

Kuaishou (Chinese: 快手) is a platform for recording with millions of original fresh videos everyday.

Kuaishou

Angel Investing

Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Private Equity

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Singapore

Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: DCM Ventures to sell Kuaishou shares, Momos raises Series A funding, five China deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: DCM Ventures to sell Kuaishou shares, Momos raises Series A funding, five China deals, and more

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KrASIA Writers

KrASIA | Opinion Archives

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

Alibaba

Will Alibaba's digital tools will make it possible for SMEs anywhere in the world to operate like MNCs?

Hold on to your hat—Alibaba.com is building a massive new e-commerce platform (Part 1 of 2) | KrASIA

Hold on to your hat—Alibaba.com is building a massive new e-commerce platform (Part 1 of 2)

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Jeffrey Towson (Contributor)

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

Chinese EV maker Lixiang is undergoing a reshuffle to list overseas | KrASIA

Chinese EV maker Lixiang is undergoing a reshuffle to list overseas

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Song Jingli

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

It still has regulatory hurdles to overcome.

Company behind the world's largest PC vendor Lenovo plans to set up a securities brokerage | KrASIA

Company behind the world&#8217;s largest PC vendor Lenovo plans to set up a securities brokerage

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Luna Lin

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

E-Commerce

corporate innovation

innovation

Startups

With a healthy distance from home, they find fertile ground to reinvent themselves.

For Japanese corporates, Singapore is an innovation gateway | KrASIA

For Japanese corporates, Singapore is an innovation gateway

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Contributor

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 

Grab

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

Ride-hailing

philippines

The Philippines transportation authority keeps a tight lid on the number of vehicles it lets into ride-hailing networks.

Grab will deactivate at least 8,000 drivers in the Philippines to comply with local regulation | KrASIA

Grab will deactivate at least 8,000 drivers in the Philippines to comply with local regulation

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Zhixin Tan

Top-tier AI chip companies are sought after, while mediocre startups will find difficulty in financing

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

chip

Guoxin Micro

Linxens

Tsinghua Holdings

This ensures a safe and stable supply of chip components.

Chinese chipmaker takes over parent company of Paris-based Linxens for USD 2.6 billion | KrASIA

Chinese chipmaker takes over parent company of Paris-based Linxens for USD 2.6 billion

Will Bullet Comments be Popular in America?

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

Entertainment

Bilibili

Vlogs

But for a week, its popular "bullet" comments will not be active.

Bilibili highlights growth of vlogs ahead of third incentive program this year | KrASIA

Bilibili highlights growth of vlogs ahead of third incentive program this year

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Lao Bei

China Mobile

Mango TV

Mango TV is the fourth largest video site in China following iQiYi, Youku and Tencent Video.

China Mobile buys into China's fourth largest video site at USD 230 million | KrASIA

China Mobile buys into China&#8217;s fourth largest video site at USD 230 million

Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

Autonomous Vehicles

autonomous driving

It has in-house "vehicle-to-everything" technologies.