Alibaba’s AutoNavi launches ride-hailing service in bid to become a mobility mega platform

As the ride-hailing market in China heats up again, Alibaba-owned AutoNavi (高德地图) also known as Amap has announced that its own ride-hailing service Ga…

Alibaba postpones its CDR offering

Chinese tech behemoth Alibaba has postponed its plan to head for a mainland listing via Chinese Depository Receipt (CDR), according to Tencent Tech cit…

Founder of Alibaba Cloud says smart cities can’t solve problems caused by China’s rapid urbanization

By utilizing real-time city data, Alibaba Cloud’s ET City Brain platform optimizes urban public resource allocations. City Brain has already cooperated…

How Meituan Dianping became China’s super-platform for services

China’s massive O2O platform Meituan Dianping is a company that defies categorization. As the company’s founder and CEO Wang Xing once said, it’s hard …

Jack Ma goes all-in on smart logistics infrastructure network

In a surprise appearance at last week’s Cainiao’s Global Smart Logistics Summit, Chinese tech tycoon Jack Ma announced that Cainiao Network, the logist…

Alibaba leads $300 million investment in Xiaohongshu

Lifestyle and community e-commerce platform Xiaohongshu (小红书) has completed its Alibaba-led Series D worth $300 million, with a valuation of $3 billion…

Baidu Waimai rumored to be facing staff turmoil

Baidu Waimai, China's third-largest takeaway service which was acquired by Ele.me in August last year, is facing "structural adjustments," according to…

Doors open on Douyin stores

Douyin has added portals that lead to online shops of its popular video posters. People browsing Douyin can now tap through to the personal store of th…

Analyse Asia 250: China tech giants’ acquisitions & its impact to Asia with Jon Russell

Editor's note: This originally appeared on Analyse Asia, a weekly podcast hosted by Bernard Leong, dedicated to dissecting the pulse of business, techn…

China Tech Talk 45: Tencent vs Alibaba – The battle for China’s offline retail with WSJ’s Liza Lin

This week, John and Matt talk with Liza Lin, China technology reporter for the Wall Street Journal, about the increasing competition between Tencent an…

After launching its own chip, Alibaba buys Chinese AI chipmaker

After announcing its very own neural network chip, Alibaba has made another step towards strengthening its new AI chips business. The e-commerce giant …

AutoNavi enters ride-hailing market

Chinese mapping company AutoNavi (高德地图) has launched a ride-hailing service in Chengdu and Wuhan and is hiring drivers in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen,…