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Both Asian countries maneuver amid trade negotiations with Washington.

Vietnam, South Korea crack down on Chinese goods skirting US tariffs | KrASIA

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Vietnam, South Korea crack down on Chinese goods skirting US tariffs

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

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

Consumer Services

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

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

On-demand Services

What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Strong performances across mobility, deliveries, and financial services drove Grab’s better-than-expected first-quarter results.

Grab raises EBITDA outlook as Q1 revenue and user growth beat expectations | KrASIA

Grab raises EBITDA outlook as Q1 revenue and user growth beat expectations

An alias used when humans and machines team up in our newsroom. Articles under this byline may be shaped with the help of AI, but are always vetted by a human before publication.

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Sudo Lim

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

Deep Tech

What powers digital devices? Delve into chip design, manufacturing bottlenecks, and semiconductor breakthroughs fueling global electronics.

Semiconductors

The two companies unveiled processors designed to boost real-time performance, enhance safety, and power more centralized automotive systems.

Axera and Black Sesame roll out chips built for smarter, safer vehicles | KrASIA

Axera and Black Sesame roll out chips built for smarter, safer vehicles

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

ByteDance

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

Tencent

As China’s most important social occasion, the Chinese Spring Festival, is around the corner, Chinese internet companies aiming to consolidate their stance or or challenge in social media sector have  spared no efforts in winning new users or keeping current users active.

To win China’s social turf war, Tencent and ByteDance pledge big spending for upcoming Spring Festival | KrASIA

To win China’s social turf war, Tencent and ByteDance pledge big spending for upcoming Spring Festival

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Song Jingli

WeChat, Tencent’s superapp, combines messaging, social media, mobile payments, and mini-programs, streamlining daily tasks for over a billion users.

WeChat

Wechat

On Saturday, Tencent's WeChat said it "cleaned up" its social media platform, punishing a slew of apps that the company says failed to obey its code of conduct. Links to ByteDance's news aggregator app Jinri Toutiao were also scrubbed. The following day, ByteDance vice president Li Liang hit back by accusing China's most popular social media app of misusing its dominance.

ByteDance and Tencent squabble over social media ‘clean-up’ | KrASIA

ByteDance and Tencent squabble over social media ‘clean-up’

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

Douyin

Huang Xu, an analyst, said that actually Tencent did not have the obligation to open to Douyin, given that the two were both competing for people’s online time.

Tik Tok still being banished by Tencent’s WeChat | KrASIA

Tik Tok still being banished by Tencent’s WeChat

TikTok

Short-video app Douyin, which is known outside of China as Tik Tok, found that one gateway it relied on for onboarding new users - via WeChat - had been

Tencent no longer allows users to create an account on Bytedance's Douyin via WeChat | KrASIA

Tencent no longer allows users to create an account on Bytedance&#8217;s Douyin via WeChat

Smartisan

Opinion

The move will bring two of WeChat's challengers under one umbrella.

Bytedance acquires smartphone maker on heels of expansions | KrASIA

Bytedance acquires smartphone maker on heels of expansions

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KrASIA Writers

A slowing Chinese economy has dragged down the company's earnings.

ByteDance hits 2018 sales target, but only barely | KrASIA

ByteDance hits 2018 sales target, but only barely

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Robin Moh

ByteDance enters China's social messaging market.

China's ByteDance launches video chat app Duoshan to take on Tencent's WeChat | KrASIA

China&#8217;s ByteDance launches video chat app Duoshan to take on Tencent&#8217;s WeChat

Is ByteDance becoming the next giant slayer? Will it succeed?

ByteDance files for 3 financial technology trademarks, fuelling speculations on its fintech ambitions | KrASIA

ByteDance files for 3 financial technology trademarks, fuelling speculations on its fintech ambitions

As the highest valued tech unicorn on the planet, the only thing could dwarf ByteDance's valuation is its grand ambition.