China Recap is a weekly roundup tracking Chinese companies expanding abroad, covering market entries, funding rounds, product launches, and global partnerships.
China’s corporate globalization is changing rapidly. Industry giants are rewriting global playbooks, while a younger generation of companies chart new paths overseas.
China Recap focuses on both, focusing on brand building, strategic expansion, and localized operation to help readers make sense and understand how Chinese companies are reshaping the global approach. Here’s what was in the news last week:
Xiaoyuan Robot and Deep Robotics have formed an agreement to develop smart patrol and inspection solutions. The partnership brings Deep Robotics’ quadruped mobile, Uniview’s camera and visual sensing systems, and Xiaoyuan integration expertise together to accelerate the deployment artificial intelligence-powered systems for urban safety.
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TikTok launched its first showroom in Ho Chi Minh City.
TikTok opened its first offline store in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Binh District, which offers product displays, daily live streams, and live sampling. The center will host closed-door merchant workshops and monthly content creator events to enhance product engagement. Ebrun
Gojek migrates its services to Tencent Cloud.
Gojek is the ride-hailing arm of Indonesia’s GoTo Group. The cutover took place within five hours, after eight months of planning and testing.–– 36Kr.
ASD plans Vietnam investment
Chinese appliance maker ASD will invest up to RMB150 million (USD21 million) in Vietnam for the development of cookware, small appliances and industrial robots. The company said that the move would improve its global layout and mitigate external economic uncertainty. This concludes this edition of China Recap. —35Kr
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