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

The automotive aftermarket is the secondary market of the automotive industry, concerned with the manufacturing, remanufacturing, distribution, retailing, and installation of all vehicle parts, chemicals, equipment, and accessories, after the sale of the automobile by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to the consumer. 

Automotive Aftermarket

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

Electric vehicle

JD.com

New Energy Vehicle

new energy vehicles

Apart from selling its own cars, JD aims to handle every aspect of the automotive business.

What is JD's blueprint for entering the new energy vehicle industry? | KrASIA

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KrASIA

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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Deep Tech

Energy

China is tapping into emerging markets for its solar exports amid trade tensions with the US and Europe.

China’s solar surplus creates opportunities for emerging green markets | KrASIA

China’s solar surplus creates opportunities for emerging green markets

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Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

climate change

sustainability

In Malaysia, a weak currency is squeezing financing for decarbonization efforts.

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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

Taobao

Tmall

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

E-Commerce

Live Streaming

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

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

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KrASIA Writers

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

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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