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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

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

JD.com

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

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

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

On-demand Services

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

Retail

It is getting more profit out of retail, even as quick commerce spending tests the limits of that improvement.

JD.com beats quarterly expectations, but food delivery keeps margins under pressure

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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T. K. Lin

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

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

Artificial Intelligence

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

Deep Tech

Heavier spending has wiped the tech giant’s profit and pushed cash flow negative, even as AI demand continues to outstrip supply.

Alibaba’s AI cloud gains ask investors to look past profit decline

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

Games and advertising still fund the company’s next act, but investors are asking when AI will become more than a spending line.

Tencent’s AI push gets harder to price after muted first quarter

JD.com | KrASIA

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

Fintech

One dark side of China's fast-growing consumer loan industry.

Loan platforms backed by JD.com and Baidu face controversy as English-training agency Webi goes bankrupt

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Song Jingli

US e-cigarette giant Juul Labs is also affected by the US regulators' growing scrutiny.

Alibaba and JD.com end sales of e-cig products to US buyers amid vaping crackdown

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@rwegrgdf5.eu.org

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Wency Chen

The platform's shares have dived more than 80% in two years.

China’s first P2P lender Yirendai loses CEO to JD.com amid mounting regulatory pressure

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 are penetrating down into lower-tier cities while Pinduoduo does the opposite.

JD.com launches its Pinduoduo rival, with a little help from WeChat

Company said online stores on Tmall and JD.com are being adjusted to ‘better consumer services’.

Exclusive | US e-cigarette giant Juul pulls products off Chinese shelves, a week after launch

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Sun Henan

In a hope that students can become users for its financial products.

JD's fintech arm tests social app for college students

JD&#8217;s fintech arm tests social app for college students

China's tech giants line up to be at the forefront of disruption in this traditional business.

Alibaba and JD want to clean up the dirty business of pig farms in China–with AI

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Luna Lin

Big e-commerce platforms have the tech and supplier connections to potentially make customization work at scale.

JD.com allows users to tailor-make clothes, pushing the boundaries of mass customization

Its controversial corporate shuffle has yielded positive results.