Companies
JD.com brings robot delivery vans to over 10 Chinese cities
Country's No. 2 e-tailer weighed down by $1.7bn annual technology investment
Technology
Startups
SoftBank-backed startup preps $500m IPO to make Pepper smarter
Robotics company touts cloud-based brain that expands memory space
Nikkei Markets
Asian stocks gain amid better-than-expected China June data
Infosys jumps in Mumbai after raising fiscal year revenue forecast
Nikkei Markets
China data lifts Hong Kong and mainland shares
CSPC Pharma and Sino Biopharma among top contributors to gains
Nikkei Markets
Hong Kong shares turn higher on better China monthly data
Improved profit outlook boosts construction equipment maker Zoomlion
Business trends
Credit cards fall behind in Asia's race to go cashless
Consumers flock to low-cost local mobile apps to meet their payment needs
Politics
China movie studio embraces Communist Party as industry turns red
Huayi Brothers pledges allegiance after suffering huge losses through censorship
International relations
South Korean officials reject Japan's claims in meeting on export curbs
Dispute over chip, display panel materials worsens already tense relations
Business trends
Japan mobile pay companies seek international partners
South Korean and Chinese tie-ups aim to lure tourism-focused merchants
International relations
Japan and South Korea refuse to budge in first talks on trade feud
After five-hour session, Seoul to seek UN investigation on export controls
