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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.

Alibaba Cloud powers scalable cloud computing, data analytics, and cybersecurity solutions, supporting businesses’ digital transformation worldwide.

Alibaba Cloud

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

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

How do firms boost efficiency? Assess cloud platforms, consulting solutions, and business intelligence tools powering corporate operations.

Cloud Solutions

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

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

Heavy spending on commerce weighed on its margins and cash flow.

Alibaba earnings come under pressure despite AI and cloud gains

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T. K. Lin

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

Strong results were offset by higher expenses and a warning of increased spending in 2026.

Tencent beats Q4 expectations, but rising AI costs weigh on outlook

Geely, a Chinese automaker, integrates advanced engineering, EV tech, and international brand acquisitions to expand its global footprint.

Lynk &amp; Co, a mobility brand, offers connected cars and flexible ownership options, blending digital innovation with urban commuting needs.

Lynk &amp; Co

Zeekr crafts premium electric vehicles with smart connectivity, performance enhancements, and sleek luxury appeal for modern drivers.

Zeekr

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

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

Transportation

NEV growth and an improved product mix supported the carmaker’s earnings, but profit expansion remained uneven.

Geely’s 2025 gains set up next test in exports and integration

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

Ant Group

SoftBank is a global tech investor fueling startups, telecommunications ventures, and AI-driven innovations across international markets.

SoftBank

The Japanese investment firm has asked its portfolio companies, including the ones in India, to aim at profits.

SoftBank institutes IPO clause for investing in Indian payment unicorn Paytm

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Avanish Tiwary

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

It has started a global offering of 500 million ordinary shares to raise about USD 13.8 billion.

Alibaba to start trading in Hong Kong to secure its global expansion (updated)

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Song Jingli

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

On-demand Services

The nod clears the way for Hangzhou-based Alibaba to start a weeklong roadshow from November 13 to garner interest from global investors.

Alibaba gets nod to sell shares in Hong Kong, in a secondary listing that catapults city back to the top of world’s IPO ranking

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Are the company's rosy sales numbers too good to be true?

Facing accusations, Alibaba founder Jack Ma says he never faked Singles’ Day sales data (updated)

JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce leader, ensures trusted transactions, efficient logistics, and a wide product selection for online shoppers.

JD.com

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

Pinduoduo

Alibaba and JD.com reached new sales records as spending money on Nov. 11 becomes a shopping ritual in China.

Infographic | Splashing 1482 billion in one day, China successfully overwrites "Singles' Day" with "Double eleven"

Infographic | Splashing 1482 billion in one day, China successfully overwrites &#8220;Singles&#8217; Day&#8221; with &#8220;Double eleven&#8221;

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Julianna Wu

The world's largest online shopping gala sheds a light into Chinese consumption.

Five e-commerce trends showcased by Alibaba's Singles' Day

Five e-commerce trends showcased by Alibaba&#8217;s Singles&#8217; Day

How do trustless ledgers transform industries? Investigate decentralized databases, smart contracts, and infrastructure powering secure transactions.

Blockchain

Alibaba uses this technology to identify and solve the trust issue between customers and merchants.

Alibaba fully implements blockchain technology for the first time in this Singles’ Day

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Sun Henan

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

Fintech

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Paytm typically invests USD 28 million to 35 million every year in acquiring or investing in technology companies.

Alibaba-backed Paytm keeps USD 70 million in wallet to invest in AI startups

Apple designs iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers, coupling sleek hardware with robust software ecosystems and service offerings.

Apple

Apple's GMV on Tmall surpassed USD 14 million within the first hours of Alibaba's shopping bonanza.

Apple slashes iPhone prices on Singles’ Day shopping festival for the first time, up to USD 158 off

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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