China Industrial AI Market: 30,000 Smart Factories
China runs 30,000+ smart factories and installs half the world’s industrial robots. Inside the China industrial AI market — the world’s physical-AI leader.
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How Does Douyin Advertising Work in 2026? Inside China’s Largest Ad Platform
Douyin generated USD 39.2 billion in ad revenue in 2024, making it China’s largest ad platform. ByteDance commands 25.9% of China’s digital ad market. Here’s how the ad stack actually works — from Ocean Engine targeting to closed-loop e-commerce — and why it’s nothing like TikTok.
Asia Pacific AI Market 2026: $102B, Country Breakdown
The Asia Pacific AI market hit an estimated $102B in 2025, the world’s fastest-growing region. A country-by-country breakdown: China, India, Japan, Korea.
How DeepSeek Disrupted Global AI Economics From China
What Is DeepSeek and Why Did It Disrupt Global AI Economics? DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company founded in May 2023 with approximately 200 employees, triggered a global repricing of AI … Read more
Sovereign AI in Asia: Why Every Country Is Building Its Own LLM
Why Is Every Asian Country Building Its Own AI Model? Sovereign AI — the development of domestically controlled artificial intelligence infrastructure, models, and data pipelines — has become the defining … Read more
Trends 2023: PJDaren – The State of Influencers China 2023
China’s influencer marketing industry is at the forefront of the global market. The advanced functionality and integration of social media, e-commerce, and mobile payments in China have allowed the country’s … Read more
Q3 APAC Fintech Funding Hints at Nascent Recovery
The first three quarters of 2020 saw APAC fintechs raise a combined $3.9 billion, down 46% compared to the same period last year, while deal volume fell by 20.5% to … Read more
The Game-Streaming Market in China
China’s streaming ecosystem is a far cry from what’s going on in the West, in terms of content, monetization, and how the audience interacts with the content. While platforms such … Read more
Chinese Tourists Driving New Wave of Mobile Payment Adoption
In 2017, China became Singapore’s top market for both tourism receipts and visitor arrivals, contributing 3.2 million tourists. As one in a series of parallel moves seen worldwide, mobile payment … Read more
Inside China’s Mobile Payments War
In 2018, China is an almost entirely cashless consumer economy, where popular mobile payment apps such as WeChat Pay and Alipay have enabled consumers to go straight from cash, to smartphone … Read more