Kinling Lo
Tech Reporter at Rest of World
China Correspondent @SCMPNews. Alum @JMSCHKU. I call Hong Kong my home. Tips and story ideas to: [email protected].
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1 month ago |
restofworld.org | Kinling Lo
Since DeepSeek’s launch, a swathe of Chinese companies — from automakers to appliance firms — have joined the frenzy to incorporate the homegrown artificial intelligence model into their products and services. DeepSeek’s reasoning model, R1, and large language model, V3, have achieved performance levels comparable to those of leading Western competitors but at a much lower cost, the company has said.
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1 month ago |
restofworld.org | Kinling Lo
Keeta, the international arm of China’s biggest food delivery app, Meituan, has become the third-largest food delivery platform in Saudi Arabia just four months after its overseas debut. Its aggressive, price-slashing strategy is squeezing smaller players and challenging dominant platforms in the lucrative Middle Eastern market, which could be a springboard for other international markets.
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Jan 24, 2025 |
msn.com | Tiffany Ap |Kinling Lo
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Jan 24, 2025 |
restofworld.org | Tiffany Ap |Kinling Lo
In the days leading up to the January 19 deadline for TikTok, users in the U.S. scrambled to find alternatives. But instead of YouTube, X, or Instagram, the so-called TikTok refugees flocked to Chinese apps such as XiaohongshuiXiaohongshuXiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book” in Chinese, is a lifestyle e-commerce and social media platform.READ MORE, and another ByteDance product, Lemon8, which uses a recommendation algorithm similar to that of TikTok.
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Jan 14, 2025 |
restofworld.org | Kinling Lo |Viola Zhou
American high school student Venus Rios sparked a flurry of chatter when she posted this week on Chinese social media platform XiaohongshuiXiaohongshuXiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book” in Chinese, is a lifestyle e-commerce and social media platform.READ MORE, writing in Chinese characters. “Hi Chinese netizens! I am American, if you need help with your English homework, please tell me!” Within a day, the 17-year-old had received nearly 2,000 comments.
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Meituan’s Keeta took 10% of the Saudi food delivery market in 4 months. This story is timely as Deliveroo announced to exit HK today, almost 2 years after Keeta’s entry. It now takes 55.2% of the market. Find out if Keeta can repeat its playbook in a completely new market:
Chinese food delivery giant dishes out deep discounts to win Saudi customers @kinlinglo looks at Keeta’s rapid rise in the lucrative Middle Eastern market: https://t.co/rcM4A6y8R9
Here comes my first story w/ @restofworld ! Very excited to be covering China tech with a crack team from literally around the world. Please send tips and DMs 📩 to [email protected]!
With the TikTok ban imminent, U.S. users are flocking to Xiaohongshu AKA RedNote, baffling and bonding with Chinese users New from @kinlinglo and @violazhouyi https://t.co/0dTI9p2ELW