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E-commerce
JD.com’s US$1.4 billion plan heats up delivery battle with Meituan, Alibaba
E-commerce giant unveils ‘Double Hundred Plan’ as industry-wide daily delivery orders reach a new high of more than 200 million.
9 Jul 2025 - 11:57PM
Alibaba
Alibaba’s US$7 billion subsidy deepens China’s instant shopping battle
2 Jul 2025 - 7:00PM
ByteDance
ByteDance’s Douyin launches Yelp-like AI chatbot to suggest eateries, reviews
2 Jul 2025 - 5:00PM
E-commerce
JD.com hires full-time food delivery riders to challenge Meituan, Alibaba
Recruitment drive suggests that company urgently needs to strengthen its courier workforce to fight resourceful rivals.
25 Jun 2025 - 5:24PM
Alibaba
Alibaba folds delivery app and travel agency into e-commerce group
CEO Eddie Wu said the restructuring ‘marks a strategic upgrade from an e-commerce platform to a comprehensive consumer platform’.
23 Jun 2025 - 5:56PM
E-commerce
Meituan keeps tight grip on 70% of food delivery market in China, report says
Citing internal data, Leiphone.com reported that Meituan’s daily food delivery orders reached 90 million this month.
19 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM
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Bonds
Grab to sell US$1.25 billion in convertible bonds to fund acquisitions
Singapore-based Grab, whose app is ubiquitous in Southeast Asia for ride hailing and food delivery, will issue convertible bonds that mature on June 15, 2030, it said.
10 Jun 2025 - 12:25PM
Hong Kong society
Hong Kong’s food delivery scene soars with drone services to Ma On Shan
Keeta starts delivering orders from two fast-food restaurants in Science Park to Ma On Shan Promenade.
6 Jun 2025 - 10:57PM
Hong Kong economy
Editorial
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Law must deliver on fears of food couriers in Hong Kong
Legal protection of rights and benefits of Hong Kong delivery workers leaves a lot to be desired, and it is about time something was done.
5 Jun 2025 - 8:45AM
Hong Kong workers/labour rights
Letters
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Keeta’s dangerous order-grabbing mechanism should be scrapped
Readers discuss the safety hazard posed by Keeta’s system design, the heavy fine slapped on MTR Corp, the taxi licence system, and the jaywalking penalty.
3 Jun 2025 - 11:30AM
Hong Kong workers/labour rights
Hong Kong to consider stronger laws to protect food delivery workers this year
City’s labour minister tells lawmakers authorities will improve rights and benefits of platform workers, following recent spate of protests.
28 May 2025 - 9:13PM
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E-commerce
Delivery war: Alibaba vies for Meituan’s on-demand throne in China
Alibaba’s Taobao Instant Commerce service and Ele.me have surpassed 40 million daily orders within a month of launch, the company says.
27 May 2025 - 8:30PM
China's economic recovery
China’s regulators must act quickly to stamp out price wars: People’s Daily
The party mouthpiece warns that excessive, cutthroat competition is harming the long-term development of industries like food delivery.
26 May 2025 - 3:00PM
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Hong Kong workers/labour rights
Keeta riders stage third strike in Hong Kong over pay, work conditions
More than 100 riders gather in busy areas of Hung Hom and Central, following smaller-scale protests in Tsuen Wan and Mei Foo earlier this month.
23 May 2025 - 7:21AM
Old Hong Kong
Then & Now
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In Hong Kong, delivery apps once took on a different – more physical – form
Home deliveries are far from new – lowering a basket on a rope to hawkers selling everything from food to hardware was once typical.
22 May 2025 - 1:00PM
E-commerce
Beijing tells food delivery giants to simmer down as feud gets too hot to handle
Five government agencies, led by the State Administration for Market Regulation, urged the instant commerce giants to follow competition regulation.
14 May 2025 - 5:00PM
Alibaba
Alibaba offers 100 million free drinks as instant deliveries hit milestone
Alibaba announced the milestone two weeks after JD.com said it also reached 10 million daily orders for items sent immediately to buyers’ doorsteps.
6 May 2025 - 3:06PM
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Hong Kong workers/labour rights
‘Exhausted and short of breath’: hidden toll of Hong Kong’s food delivery grind
As part of Greenpeace survey, 33-year-old rider describes intense working conditions and repercussions for taking a break.
1 May 2025 - 7:25PM
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Millionaires and billionaires
Meet DoorDash co-founder Stanley Tang, who grew up in Hong Kong
Tang was born in Japan and grew up in Hong Kong before moving to California; he was a successful internet entrepreneur by the time he was 15 and co-founded DoorDash while a student at Stanford.
30 Apr 2025 - 6:00PM
E-commerce
JD.com boss delivers food in publicity stunt to challenge Meituan
The move reflects the e-commerce giant’s commitment to expanding its recently launched food delivery business, analysts say.
22 Apr 2025 - 5:00PM
E-commerce
JD and Meituan food fight spills into public in Chinese delivery platform spat
In a public letter, JD.com accused a ‘rival platform’ of preventing delivery riders from using multiple platforms, for which Meituan was fined in 2021.
21 Apr 2025 - 9:30PM
Hong Kong workers/labour rights
Deliveroo riders to take legal action over compensation as it exits Hong Kong
Sixteen couriers plan to file claims with Labour Tribunal over employee entitlements.
8 Apr 2025 - 9:07AM
China’s economic stimulus
China mends fences with big tech in consumption, employment push
Beijing is increasingly praising the tech sector as a driver of jobs and economic growth, but platforms may still be closely supervised.
26 Mar 2025 - 7:00PM
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Hong Kong economy
Editorial
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Deliveroo’s exit offers lesson on competition
In Hong Kong, food delivery is a cutthroat business, but with fewer players it is customers and restaurants who will pay the ultimate price.
17 Mar 2025 - 6:45AM
Hong Kong economy
Will Deliveroo Hong Kong closure affect food delivery riders?
‘Deliveroo’s pay is not attractive at all. When it was raining last Friday, it only offered HK$30 per order, while [Foodpanda and Keeta] almost tripled it,’ Tam Yuen says.
11 Mar 2025 - 6:03PM
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E-commerce
China’s food delivery platforms force riders to take breaks after long hours
Meituan and Ele.me are using ‘fatigue management’ systems in several cities, halting orders after 12-hour days, as work climbs in slowing economy.
18 Dec 2024 - 5:30PM
E-commerce
Exclusive
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China’s Meituan to expand Keeta food delivery service to more Middle East cities
Wang Xing, founder and CEO of Meituan, said last week that the company has seen some ‘encouraging results’ in Saudi Arabia.
2 Dec 2024 - 1:32PM
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Recap
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Shanghai court says crypto ownership legal, Hong Kong food-delivery drones: 5 tech stories
Explore China’s tech landscape, from crypto ownership to AI-driven stock investments, in our latest stories from the world of technological innovation.
21 Nov 2024 - 12:19PM
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