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

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How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

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After two years of stabilization, the sportswear company is again weighing expansion.

Li-Ning eyes a new growth cycle amid strong results and Olympic momentum

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Cheng Zi is based in China, covering technology- and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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Cheng Zi

How do we store tomorrow’s power? Evaluate battery R&amp;D, manufacturing progress, and recycling strategies fueling energy independence.

Batteries

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

Deep Tech

How is power evolving? Review renewable sources, grid innovations, and efficiency measures driving cleaner, more resilient energy systems.

Energy

South Korean players have lost ground after betting on the US market.

China's EV battery makers widen lead to over 70% global share

China&#8217;s EV battery makers widen lead to over 70% global share

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

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

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

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

Heavy investment is pushing the firm to make the case for AI in games, even as the earnings impact remains unclear.

Tencent says AI will reshape games, but evergreen titles still drive the business

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

Visual Stories

TikTok's owner set an annual revenue goal of RMB 200 billion, while more than 80% of its 2019 revenue was from online advertising.

KEY STAT | ByteDance first quarter revenues up 130% with annual target half of Tencent's 2019 earnings [Update]

KEY STAT | ByteDance first quarter revenues up 130% with annual target half of Tencent&#8217;s 2019 earnings [Update]

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Julianna Wu

Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

Alipay, a fintech platform by Ant Group, offers mobile payments, financial services, and e-commerce integrations, supporting transactions globally.

Alipay

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

Ant Group

Meituan, China’s all-in-one local services platform, covers food delivery, travel bookings, and lifestyle deals, simplifying daily consumer choices.

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

WeChat

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

On-demand Services

Alipay hopes to increase adoption of the app among SME owners, while spurring consumer spending in China's coronavirus-hit economy.

Alipay to give out USD 1.4 billion in coupons to boost consumption, increase app adoption

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

What sets the world’s soundtrack? Follow streaming royalties, label strategies, and genre shifts guiding the global music industry’s rhythm.

Music

Less than 1% of music streamers in India pay for the paid subscription, but that is about to change.

Global music streaming platforms tune in to capture the India market

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Avanish Tiwary

Multiple investors rated Tencent as "buy" or "overweight" following a robust global gaming performance in May.

KEY STAT | Pony Ma sold USD 550 million worth of Tencent shares in four days

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

Video

The potential deal could merge two of the two biggest video streaming sites in China.

CHINA BRIEF | Tencent in talks with Baidu to buy stake in video streaming platform iQiyi: Reuters

NetEase, a Chinese Internet services firm, offers online gaming, music streaming, and e-commerce platforms, engaging millions of digital users.

NetEase

What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

Tencent aims to build an online music empire in China and then beyond.

KEY STAT | Tencent acquires 10% stake in newly listed Warner Music Group

What medical tools shape care delivery? Assess medical devices, diagnostics, and digital services refining patient treatment.

Medtech

New funds will be used to develop Miaoshou's online services and insurance business.

CHINA BRIEF | Tencent-backed online medical unicorn Miaoshou Doctor closes USD 85 million Series D1 round

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Song Jingli

Tencent's Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile continue to be the highest-grossing mobile games worldwide.

KEY STAT | Honor of Kings drove up 15% of Tencent's mobile game revenue in May

KEY STAT | Honor of Kings drove up 15% of Tencent&#8217;s mobile game revenue in May

Nio, a Chinese electric car maker, specializes in high-performance EVs, battery-swapping solutions, and autonomous driving technologies.

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

Electric Vehicles

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

Transportation

Existing investor Tencent will secure 2.8% of Nio's ADS for about USD 10 million.

Tencent

KEY STAT | ByteDance first quarter revenues up 130% with annual target half of Tencent’s 2019 earnings [Update]

Alipay to give out USD 1.4 billion in coupons to boost consumption, increase app adoption

Global music streaming platforms tune in to capture the India market

KEY STAT | Pony Ma sold USD 550 million worth of Tencent shares in four days

CHINA BRIEF | Tencent in talks with Baidu to buy stake in video streaming platform iQiyi: Reuters

KEY STAT | Tencent acquires 10% stake in newly listed Warner Music Group

CHINA BRIEF | Tencent-backed online medical unicorn Miaoshou Doctor closes USD 85 million Series D1 round

KEY STAT | Honor of Kings drove up 15% of Tencent’s mobile game revenue in May

Nio to raise over USD 344 million by offering 60 million ADSs amid tight liquidity

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