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KrASIA InsightsCOVID-19 accelerated a wave of digitalization in China’s economy that is set to persist in areas like enterprise services, entertainment, education, and logistics. InsightsChinese tech companies build upon COVID-19’s digital legacy | KrASIA Year in ReviewBy Song Jingli21 Dec 2020•02:27 AMGreenhouse was a co-working startup that was hammered by…

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. kicked off its Double 11 Global Shopping Festival on Tuesday. With new innovations and features, Alibaba wants to boost consumer engagement for online and offline merchants as well as new and old brands, hoping to drive the largest spike in consumption since the…

The reception desk of Ant Group, previously called Ant Financial, in Hangzhou in 2018. REUTERS/Shu Zhang. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange has approved the dual listing of Alibaba’s fintech offshoot, Ant Group, in Hong Kong and on Shanghai’s STAR market. Ant Group offers algorithm-based financial services, including mobile payments and…

Sun Art has 484 outlets in China E-commerce giant Alibaba continued to expand its offline retail empire today with a deal to take control of China’s largest hypermarket operator for HK$28 billion ($3.6 billion). The Hangzhou-based company said in an announcement to the Hong Kong stock exchange that it had…

(Source: Alibaba) Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said on Monday it will invest about $3.6 billion to increase its stake in Sun Art Retail Group Ltd., one of China’s largest supermarket operators. After the transaction, Alibaba will raise its aggregate direct and indirect stake to approximately 72%.This new investment in Sun…

October 19, 2020 By CIW TeamAlibaba today announced it will invest approximately USD3.6 billion in respect of Sun Art Retail Group Limited (Sun Art), a leading hypermarket and supermarket operator in China, that will raise its aggregate direct and indirect stake to approximately 72% . As part of the transaction,…

In a year of exceptional pressure on growth, the BrandZ™ Top 100 Most Valuable Chinese Brands gained 12% in value, in the 10th edition of the ranking revealed by WPP and Kantar. The Top 100 Chinese brands increased their worth by $106.8 billion to reach $996.4 billion, demonstrating the resilience…

The Ant Group Co. logo and the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. logo are displayed behind a reception desk at the company's headquarters in Hangzhou, China, on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020.Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGUANGZHOU, China — Ant Group has won approval from the Chinese securities regulator for the…

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Washington is increasingly hostile to Chinese firms. Not Wall StreetCHINESE FIRMS get a frosty reception in America these days. President Donald Trump is a relentless China-basher. His administration has tried to crush Huawei, a telecoms giant, ban TikTok and WeChat, two popular Chinese-owned apps, and expel Chinese companies listed on…