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Proponents and opponents of regulation both spurn South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's attempt at compromise.

South Korea flounders in quest to restrain power of online platforms | KrASIA

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South Korea flounders in quest to restrain power of online platforms

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

KrASIA

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

Bilibili

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

China Tech

Content

Creative

Creator Economy

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

Entertainment

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

Live Streaming

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

Video

Gaming and ad growth help Bilibili hit a profit, but sustaining this trajectory could be challenging.

Bilibili hits profitability milestone but faces big questions about its staying power | KrASIA

Bilibili hits profitability milestone but faces big questions about its staying power

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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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: Podium nets Series A1 funding, Gyges Labs backed to redefine wearables, xAI raises USD 5 billion, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Podium nets Series A1 funding, Gyges Labs backed to redefine wearables, xAI raises USD 5 billion, and more

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Singles' Day online shopping fest in China

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

Alibaba

JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

Taobao

Tmall

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

E-Commerce

However, for the first time, Single's Day total GMV fell short compared to 6/18's GMV in June.

TECH PANO | Singles' Day signals China's post-pandemic economic recovery | KrASIA

TECH PANO | Singles&#8217; Day signals China&#8217;s post-pandemic economic recovery

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Ant Group's business model and advantages

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

"Small is beautiful, small is powerful," Ant Group says on its website.

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Ant Group's business logic, advantages, and 'small' customers | KrASIA

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Ant Group&#8217;s business logic, advantages, and &#8216;small&#8217; customers

COVID-19 revelations: Digital transformation

Deep Tech

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

Chinese companies will spend a total of USD 256 billion on digital transformation initiatives in 2020.

TECH PANO | How COVID-19 is forcing companies' digital transformation | KrASIA

TECH PANO | How COVID-19 is forcing companies&#8217; digital transformation

The second-hand luxury market only accounts for about 5% of the Chinese luxury industry in 2019.

TECH PANO | China's online second-hand luxury sector boosted by slow economic recovery | KrASIA

TECH PANO | China&#8217;s online second-hand luxury sector boosted by slow economic recovery

Ant Group and Alibaba's relationship decoded

From shareholders and leadership to operations and finance, Ant Group has Alibaba's DNA right from the start.

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Decoding Ant Group's relationship with Alibaba | KrASIA

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Decoding Ant Group&#8217;s relationship with Alibaba

The firm whose business includes facial recognition for pigs is expecting a USD 2.93 billion IPO.

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | What JD Digits brings to China's fintech sector with its upcoming IPO | KrASIA

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | What JD Digits brings to China&#8217;s fintech sector with its upcoming IPO

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

The Chinese tech magnate shifts investment attention from India to Southeast Asia given the tightened Indo-China relationship.

KEY STAT | Alibaba reportedly to invest USD 3 billion in Grab | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Alibaba reportedly to invest USD 3 billion in Grab

From liquid lunch, nutrition bars, and chicken breast snacks, meal replacement products are tapping on China's growing appetite for a healthier and more convenient life.

TECH PANO | Can Soylent-like products work in China? | KrASIA

TECH PANO | Can Soylent-like products work in China?

The broadcaster, owned by mega-conglomerate Suning, did not release payments worth over USD 212 million due for March.

Losses mount as English Premier League cancels China broadcast deal | KrASIA

Losses mount as English Premier League cancels China broadcast deal

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Visual Stories

TECH PANO | Singles’ Day signals China’s post-pandemic economic recovery

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Ant Group’s business logic, advantages, and ‘small’ customers

TECH PANO | How COVID-19 is forcing companies’ digital transformation

TECH PANO | China’s online second-hand luxury sector boosted by slow economic recovery

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Decoding Ant Group’s relationship with Alibaba

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | What JD Digits brings to China’s fintech sector with its upcoming IPO