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ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

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

China Tech

Douyin

Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

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

E-Commerce

Food Delivery

Grocery Delivery

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

Retail

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

Ride-hailing

Commerce

E-commerce

quick commerce

Meituan Shangou, its quick commerce business, could play a significant role in its strategy to counter competition from main rival Douyin.

With Douyin looming, Meituan shifts focus back to its core business | KrASIA

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With Douyin looming, Meituan shifts focus back to its core business

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

KrASIA

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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India

MENA

Singapore

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

Deals in brief: Toku to acquire AiChat, Strativity Group bought by UST, ADQ and OIA launch new fund to stimulate MENA tech innovation, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Toku to acquire AiChat, Strativity Group bought by UST, ADQ and OIA launch new fund to stimulate MENA tech innovation, and more

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Jeff Chay

New Zealand

The recent delegation visit underscores China's openness to collaborate more closely with "friend and partner" New Zealand.

Chinese delegation bolsters bilateral trade and cooperation in recent visit to New Zealand | KrASIA

Chinese delegation bolsters bilateral trade and cooperation in recent visit to New Zealand

KrASIA | Opinion Archives

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

Alibaba

Suning generated RMB 3.9 billion in net losses in the past year.

Suning.com founder gives up control after selling to Shenzhen-based state-owned firms | KrASIA

Suning.com founder gives up control after selling to Shenzhen-based state-owned firms

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Song Jingli

ELEME Inc. is a platform that offers online food delivery service. It was founded in 2008 by Mark Zhang and Jack Kang in Minhang Campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Ele.me was acquired by the Alibaba Group in April 2018 and continues to operate independently.

ele.me

A spate of tragedies reveal an industry in crisis.

'I feel like I am delivering with my life': China's couriers reach breaking point | KrASIA

&#8216;I feel like I am delivering with my life&#8217;: China&#8217;s couriers reach breaking point

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Nikkei Asia

Battery

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

By catering to the global hunger for EVs and its domestic economic growth, Indonesia risks destroying its own environment.

Indonesia's EV battery aspirations unearth mining waste problems | KrASIA

Indonesia&#8217;s EV battery aspirations unearth mining waste problems

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Ursula Florene

New-age Indian startups will be benefited from having access to international since their early days.

Why new Indian startups should explore International markets | KrASIA

Why new Indian startups should explore International markets

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Tanul Mishra

Deep Tech

This article was written with the assistance of Wordtune, the first AI-based writing companion that understands context and meaning.

Israel's AI21 Labs builds deep tech to reinvent how we read and write | KrASIA

Israel&#8217;s AI21 Labs builds deep tech to reinvent how we read and write

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NoCamels

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

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

From P2P lending to corporate responsibilities and regulatory legacy, dive into the intricacies, nuances, context, and complexities of regulating Ant Group.

Jack Ma, P2P Lending, responsibility, and legacy | KrASIA

Jack Ma, P2P Lending, responsibility, and legacy

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Kevin Xu

SMIC

Semiconductors

MSCI is removing SMIC from its Global Investable Market Indexes.

SMIC co-CEO Liang Mongsong departs as the company hires former TSMC exec | KrASIA

SMIC co-CEO Liang Mongsong departs as the company hires former TSMC exec

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

SMIC responded in a statement that its services and products have never had any military applications.

US blacklists Chinese chipmaker SMIC, stock halted in Hong Kong trading | KrASIA

US blacklists Chinese chipmaker SMIC, stock halted in Hong Kong trading

BlueGreen Water Technologies uses its proprietary blend of algaecides to kill freshwater ecosystem-destroying algae.

Opinion

Suning.com founder gives up control after selling to Shenzhen-based state-owned firms

‘I feel like I am delivering with my life’: China’s couriers reach breaking point

Indonesia’s EV battery aspirations unearth mining waste problems