Chinese companies vanish from world's top by market cap

Chinese companies vanish from world's top 10 by market cap. Tencent and Alibaba bleed value under pressure from both Beijing and Washington. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 2 years ago

AI pharma startup XtalPi nets $400M Series D round to accelerate drug discovery

AI pharma startup XtalPi nets USD 400 million in Series D round to accelerate drug discovery. It provides AI to pharma companies to enhance new drug R&D. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 2 years ago

China’s tech workers pushed to limits by surveillance software

A vicious cycle of monitoring and overwork is fueling productivity—and backlash. In China's tech industry, rapid technological development, paired with poor labor regulations, has created a potential for labor abuse. The big tech companies themselves, locked in cutthroat competit … | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 2 years ago

ByteDance co-founder Zhang Yiming steps down as CEO

ByteDance's head of human resources, Liang Rubo, will step in as CEO. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 2 years ago

Alibaba prepares investment spree as company looks past antitrust woes

Alibaba's new investment strategy includes three main areas, including domestic consumption, globalization, and cloud and advanced technologies. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 2 years ago

Disgraced Luckin Coffee founder Lu Zhengyao cooks up new business

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@kr-asia.com | 2 years ago

Tesla feels the heat in China as it faces a litany of lawsuits

Tesla has faced a number of lawsuits from Chinese customers accusing the company of fraud and deceptive sales practices. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 3 years ago

Lazada lost its lead to Shopee in Southeast Asia

Cultural frictions and mismatches between Alibaba and Lazada led to costly stumbles. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 3 years ago

Apple partners with TSMC to develop ultra-advanced displays – KrASIA

IPhone maker works on tech for augmented reality devices at secretive Taiwan lab. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 3 years ago

Taboola to go public on NYSE at USD 2.6B valuation

Taboola had plans to merge with Outbrain, but the deal was killed by the COVID-19 pandemic. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 3 years ago

Huawei powers remote diagnosis platform in Wuhan’s makeshift hospital

The platform enables experts from across China to work with frontline medical staff in Wuhan to treat patients infected by the coronavirus. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Alibaba waives commission fees for Koubei merchants during coronavirus outbreak

Retail and dining establishments have been hit the hardest. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Alibaba and Baidu offer AI gene sequencing tools to help fight coronavirus

The two tech giants have been quietly researching genetics for years, which might now be put to good use. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Life as a reporter trapped in Hubei, ground zero of the coronavirus outbreak

Authorities have locked Hubei down to combat the spread of the coronavirus epidemic. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Chinese tech giants open cloud computing tech to researchers amid coronavirus

The fast-spreading virus has infected over 9,600 people and claimed 213 lives in China. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Ride-hailing apps, Grab and Gojek, scramble to curb coronavirus spread

Ride-hailers stockpile masks and help city-state trace potential patients. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

50M Chinese live-stream the construction of new hospitals in Wuhan

The fast-spreading novel coronavirus has already claimed 170 lives and infected over 7,826 people in China. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Food ordering app launches contactless delivery amid China coronavirus outbreak

Customers can ask the courier to drop their meals off at a designated area and then retrieve them. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Fighting fake news in lieu of coronavirus

The portals are clearing information to avoid public panic. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Infographic and Heatmap of Coronavirus

So far the virus had infected 7,700 people and caused 170 deaths in China. More than 12,000 patients are under observation. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Asian suppliers warn Apple about coronavirus impact

Planned 10% boost to iPhone production faces “massive uncertainties”. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Why ByteDance might become the next gaming giant

The market long dominated by Tencent has a disrupter now. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Amid Wuhan virus outbreak, Alibaba says it has only 46.1M masks in stock

The government has ordered people in Wuhan to wear masks in public spaces. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

CNY movie to premiere on China’s TikTok because of coronavirus

“Lost in Russia” will be free for a limited time on Douyin, China’s version of TikTok. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Short-video apps are becoming news sources amid outbreak of coronavirus in China

Users and official sources are uploading thousands of videos from the quarantined city of Wuhan. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Wuhan coronavirus prompts netizens to study World of Warcraft epidemic

The now-legendary Corrupted Blood incident infected more than a million characters in Blizzard’s popular MMORPG. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

TikTok overtakes Facebook to become world’s second most downloaded app

TikTok owner ByteDance still generates most its revenue from China, despite the app’s rapid international expansion. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Tesla in China – partnering with Baidu Maps to deliver in-car map data services

The move may empower Tesla’s future projects in autonomous driving. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Chinese tech companies are responding to the coronavirus outbreak

Companies have taken a series of measures to contain the illness. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

India might be the last frontier for Netflix in the global streaming war

With 5% market share in India, Netflix trails behind Amazon Prime and Hotstar. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Tech compnaies are wooing senior “digital refugees”, and there are reasons

Tech companies are laying the groundwork to serve the silver generation for years to come. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Meituan rolls out its own platform for mini programs

The move follows developments that were shaped by Tencent, Alipay, Baidu, and ByteDance. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Is Xiaomi ready for its home appliances empire?

Xiaomi’s smart home appliance lineup is part of the company’s “smartphone+AIoT” dual-engine strategy announced earlier this year. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Smart speakers: A marathon of uncertainty in China

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@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

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

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@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

E-cigarette makers wage war to lure China’s 300M smokers

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@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

Facts You Might Not Know About Jack Ma

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@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

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

China’s tech giants line up to be at the forefront of disruption in this traditional business. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

The Many Battlefronts of Grab versus Gojek in Southeast Asia

In their race for the super app throne, both tech giants have fragmented into increasingly complex digital empires. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

After 200 days of preparation, China’s high-tech bourse goes liv

Six companies have been given a green light for their IPOs. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 4 years ago

BIGO Live is designed exclusively for overseas users by US-listed YY

The live-streaming product, BIGO LIVE, is designed exclusively for overseas users by US-listed YY. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 5 years ago

$600M on Two Things: Interview with SenseTime CEO XU Li

Early this April, SenseTime (商汤科技) announced a fresh funding round of $600 million, just nine months after its then record-breaking (in the AI scene) Series B round of $410 million. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 6 years ago

Tencent Founder Pony Ma: 7 Flaws That a Perfect Product Manager Would Avoid

Before everything, product managers should know well about product characters and the users' need. | Continue reading


@kr-asia.com | 6 years ago