The Next Web

JANUARY 17, 2014

Whenever I visit the US, one question mobile entrepreneurs always ask me is ‘How can my startup break into China?’. But finding the right local partner isn’t easy, and even if you do find one, gaining a foothold in the massive Chinese mobile market takes patience, insight, and strategy. The short answer is simple: Partnership.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

As financial troubles escalate at Danke, China’s authorities are stepping in to hold the once-promising apartment rental and sharing company accountable. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, China’s rental market cooled, putting stress on Danke’s funding vehicle. when it went public in January.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The businesses that the accelerator favor all aim to go beyond Korea’s traditionally inward focus, and move into lucrative markets including the US, China, Japan, and others. Selling premium organic breads from local bakeries via an online platform is what this startup does. HeyBread (E-commerce). Another food-related startup.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

A Chinese e-commerce platform claiming to allow users to apply for a refund without returning the product, known as a refund-only policy, faces a backlash from customers angered by the policys fine details. Taobao, JD, and Douyin made the same move at the end of last year amid fierce competition in Chinas e-commerce sector.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

to create an active paseo, which hosts local farmers markets and other gatherings. The projects ground floor retail, reserved for local businesses, is designed to further activate the area. Its also imbedded with local fauna, increasing local habitat biodiversity, reducing heat absorption, and contributing to stormwater management.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Indonesian agritech platform TaniHub Group harvests a $65.5M Buyers make purchase orders through the platform, which are then distributed to fishery communities that Aruna organizes to focus on particular types of seafood. The platform currently has about 20 product categories and will use its funding to expand into more.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The new funding will see WeRide joining hands with Yutong, a 57-year-old company, to make autonomous driving minibuses and city buses as well as work together on R&D, vehicle platforms and mobility services. AutoX becomes China’s first to remove safety drivers from robotaxis. ” WeRide’s competitors include Pony.ai

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The Verge

JUNE 26, 2021

Tesla has had a run of bad publicity in China so far this year, with officials raising concerns over security risks , and protests about how the US automaker handles customer complaints in the country. The WSJ reported that Tesla posted an apology to its page on Weibo, a social media platform in China.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Founded 10 years ago, Konvy is now Thailand’s top beauty e-commerce platform. Konvy was launched in 2012 by Chinese entrepreneur QingGui Huang, who previously managed fashion e-commerce platforms in China. Konvy’s goal is to help local and international beauty brands take advantage of two major trends.

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TechNode

JULY 22, 2024

Volkswagen and Xpeng Motors on Monday announced moves that will expand their partnership to develop a highly modern electrical/electronic architecture not only for VWs locally focused electric vehicle platform, the China Main Platform (CMP), but also for the global Modular Electric Drive Matrix (MEB) platform.

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TechNode

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The governments of several major cities in Chinas affluent Guangdong province announced on Dec. The move will allow companies to test their robocars on public roads in the districts of Qianhai and Baoan in Shenzhen, the Nansha district of Guangzhou, and Hengqin island in Zhuhai, once they get a permit from any of the local governments.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

NetEase, the second-largest gaming company in China (behind Tencent), is among a group of investors who just backed IMVU, an avatar-focused social network operating out of California. The line between social networking and gaming is increasingly blurring , and internet incumbents are taking notice.

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TechNode

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Volkswagen has cut the starter price for its ID.UNYX, the first model from the companys China-exclusive all-electric ID.UX model, initially designed with its Modular Electric Drive Matrix (MEB) platform, from next year to 2026 company sources told local media outlet AutoPix on Nov. Yicai , AutoPix, in Chinese ]

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TechNode

APRIL 19, 2024

Chinas food delivery company Meituan has appointed Senior Vice President Wang Puzhong as CEO of its new core local commerce business, marking the first time the firm has had two chief executives.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Chinaccelerator , the only accelerator of its kind in China, hosted a demo day on Tuesday for its third batch of startups. Chinaccelerator is raising the bar here in China, and today’s demos really reflected that. Overall, I was impressed with the quality of the pitching. Toy Cloud is a fun company, literally.

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The Verge

JULY 6, 2020

Social media platforms typically produce private user information in response to valid court orders, depending on the legal process in various countries. China’s push toward more control has led to widespread protests across Hong Kong , which began last year.

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TechNode

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Amazon has instructed some Chinese cross-border merchants selling goods on its site to stop listing lower-priced products on rival platform Temu, according to a report in the South China Morning Post today. On the one hand, it draws in consumers, as the platform markets itself with slogans such as Shop Like a Billionaire.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Noissue , a New Zealand-based global packaging platform, wants to make sustainable packaging accessible to businesses of all sizes. intends to use the funds to grow its global team, invest in the technology that powers its platform and localize its supply chain, according to Josh Bowden, CEO and co-founder of noissue.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Rephrase.ai, a self-described synthetic media production platform, today announced that it raised $10.6 ” Using Rephrase’s platform, a customer can select an avatar, background and voice, and enter text that the avatar will recite. “This is the problem Rephrase aims to solve.”

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TechNode

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Tesla, Mobileye, Alibaba, and Didi have denied speculation that they have been involved in conducting illegal map-making activities after Chinas top security agency said it found an incident of spying in which a foreign enterprise used a local company to collect sensitive map data.

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TechNode

APRIL 12, 2024

Chinas National Radio and Television Administration has required short web dramas must submit to censorship before airing in online platforms, in a strict new regulation targeting the popular content format. 1, according to local media agency Caixin. Dramas that have not been filed are prohibited from distribution from June.

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TechNode

JANUARY 21, 2025

17, Honor CEO Zhao Ming resigned due to personal reasons, followed by the departures of China CMO Jiang Hairong and sales head Zheng Shubao on Jan. Details: Honor CEO Zhao Ming recently announced his departure from the Huawei spin-off on Chinese social platform Weibo as the company prepares for its upcoming IPO, having served for a decade.

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TechNode

APRIL 17, 2024

Japans Honda Motor said on Tuesday it is introducing a new electric vehicle brand in China, and will use components from local companies including CATL, Huawei, and iFlyTek as it looks to adapt to significant changes in the highly competitive Chinese car market. The companys sales declined 10.1% to roughly 1.2 to roughly 1.2

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TechNode

AUGUST 2, 2023

Fierce competition in China’s anime, comics, and gaming sector is expected this summer with the release of at least 11 ACG-style games scheduled for August, local media outlet GameLook reported on Monday. GameLook, in Chinese ]

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TechNode

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Tesla is preparing for a major expansion of the Gigafactory Shanghai, its core electric vehicle production facility in China, in a move that looks set to enable the US automaker to bring out its long-rumored budget compact hatchback, local media has reported. The expansion was put on ice early this year, according to a Jan.

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The Verge

AUGUST 24, 2020

According to a report from The Guardian , the company has removed a Facebook group with more than 1 million members after it was threatened by the Thai government for violating local laws around defaming the ruling monarch. But in practice, Facebook has shown it often avoids making decisions that disadvantage it politically.

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TechNode

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Nvidia is recruiting scientists and engineers for its autonomous driving team in China, as indicated by a job post on the social media platform WeChat published on Tuesday. Wu anticipates the local team to be the “core strength” for engineering Nvidias autonomous driving solutions.

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TechNode

JUNE 27, 2024

Zombies Hybrid Edition, a remastered version of the classic tower defense video game published by the American company PopCap Games, went viral in China in June, 15 years after its first release. The creator of the Hybrid Edition is blogger Submarine Weiweimi (our translation of in Chinese) who posts on Chinese video platform Bilibili.

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TechNode

AUGUST 13, 2024

AFK Journey , a free-to-play fantasy RPG (role-playing game) released by Lilith Games, has reached the top of China’s iOS free game download charts having just been released last Thursday. The companys influence in Chinas gaming industry has made its new releases noteworthy.

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TechNode

JUNE 20, 2024

from a year ago during Chinas second-biggest annual shopping event, the 618 festival, third-party data provider Syntun said in a report on Wednesday. Why it matters: E-commerce platforms invariably choose to release consumption data that is favorable to them in an attempt to portray untouchable positions in a crowded industry.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Katana , an enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform for small- and medium-sized manufacturers, has raised €35 million ($34 million) in a Series B round of funding. End of ‘made in China’ era. In short, the ‘made in China’ era is ending.” Shopify and WooCommerce), accounting (e.g.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

A card issuing platform isn’t in the best position to tackle these issues head-on. Nigeria is one such market where per Statista , local labels such as Verve, the largest domestic card scheme developed by unicorn fintech Interswitch, control more than half of the market. Tiger Global is earning its stripes in Africa.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In China in particular, cross-border e-commerce represents a significant potential revenue stream for businesses of all sizes. We’re seeing really strong innovation come out of China, whether it’s in software, gaming, all sorts of digital assets, or physical assets that Chinese businesses are looking to trade internationally.

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Details: Where Winds Meet is set in the turbulent Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era of China, where war and political strife engulf both the imperial court and the martial world. million) in revenue from its mobile version in the first month, according to local gaming media outlet GameLook. million), the report suggested.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2022

Gamification and social hooks have become cornerstones across every category of consumer apps these days, and today one that’s using these to build out a new e-commerce platform in Europe is announcing a seed round to give its growth a boost. China’s Pinduoduo, he said, sometimes makes as little as 0.5% off a sale.

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

11, 2025, JD.com officially announced the launch of a new food delivery service, recruiting quality dine-in restaurants to join its platform with a significant incentive: zero commission fees for all merchants who sign up before May 1. For consumers, this expanded choice might lead to better service and quality options.

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TechNode

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The US game developer Activision Blizzard, which has recently been in discussions with several domestic game companies regarding the revival of its Chinese service after a one-year absence, has decided to re-establish collaboration with Chinese game publisher NetEase, as reported exclusively by local media outlet 36Kr.

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