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Chinese firms are forging a path to lead in robotics and embodied AI.

China Recap | Doubling down on embodied intelligence

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Vicky is a senior reporter based in Hangzhou, covering news about Chinese companies expanding their footprints abroad.

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Vicky Chang

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

China

Ahead of its English-language site launch on June 30, Autohome introduced a slate of new AI tools to support global automotive supply chains.

Through AI, Autohome seeks to rewrite the global car buying playbook

CHENG Zi is based in China, covering technology and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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Cheng Zi

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

Xpeng Motors builds intelligent EVs equipped with advanced infotainment systems, autonomous features, and sleek electric mobility designs.

Xpeng Motors

How are driverless systems redefining mobility? Uncover sensor technologies, regulatory frameworks, and AI driving cars without human intervention.

Autonomous Vehicles

What powers digital devices? Delve into chip design, manufacturing bottlenecks, and semiconductor breakthroughs fueling global electronics.

Semiconductors

Loaded with three Turing chips, Xpeng says the G7 packs nearly nine times the computing power of a standard dual Orin X configuration.

Is Xpeng’s G7 the new benchmark for assisted driving thanks to Turing silicon?

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

Tencent | KrASIA

China’s first Star Wars novel will be released chapter-by-chapter and it’s all canon.

How Disney and Tencent plan to make China fall for Star Wars

Pinduoduo revolutionizes e-commerce with social group buying, connecting budget-conscious shoppers to discounts on a broad range of products.

WeChat, Tencent’s superapp, combines messaging, social media, mobile payments, and mini-programs, streamlining daily tasks for over a billion users.

WeChat

Price-cutting and apps-download links will be banned from the platform.

WeChat's upcoming tightened links policy may harm Pinduoduo and other platforms

WeChat&#8217;s upcoming tightened links policy may harm Pinduoduo and other platforms

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Song Jingli

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COO Mark Ren also sheds light on the company's third restructuring in corporate history, and why it adopts a partnership system.

Tencent says it isn't after 'substandard' content, unfazed by rivalry from ByteDance's TikTok

Tencent says it isn&#8217;t after &#8216;substandard&#8217; content, unfazed by rivalry from ByteDance&#8217;s TikTok

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Sun Henan

Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

Innovation and capital are flooding forth on either side of the Pacific Ocean.

China outnumbers US in startups with billion-dollar valuations

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

How does information move at light speed? Review 5G rollouts, fiber networks, and connectivity standards advancing global communication.

Telecommunications

5G, cloud computing, AI, and IoT take center stage at the three-day event.

Three takeaways from Lei Jun, Robin Li, Mark Ren at the World Internet Conference

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Wency Chen

Kuaishou, best known for its short video platform, drives user-generated content, influencer marketing, and community engagement through shareable clips.

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

Kuaishou's latest move to compete with ByteDance's Douyin.

Tencent-backed Kuaishou plans to spend USD 565 million on marketing to achieve '300 million DAUs'

Tencent-backed Kuaishou plans to spend USD 565 million on marketing to achieve &#8216;300 million DAUs&#8217;

The top player in China's online literature business steps up to win overseas readers.

Chinese Star Wars fans stay tuned: China Literature to release e-books under tie-up with Disney

The target is to maintain 10 million daily active users by the year's end.

Qutoutiao's free novel platform Midu raises USD 100 million in Series B amid suspension

Qutoutiao&#8217;s free novel platform Midu raises USD 100 million in Series B amid suspension

ByteDance, a Chinese internet company, uses machine learning to recommend engaging videos, news, and social content (via TikTok and Douyin).

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

The move shows the tech unicorn’s effort to expand its ecosystem of products and services for the world’s largest internet market.

TikTok owner ByteDance ratchets up hiring for video games business in challenge to Tencent

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Tencent

How Disney and Tencent plan to make China fall for Star Wars

WeChat’s upcoming tightened links policy may harm Pinduoduo and other platforms

Tencent says it isn’t after ‘substandard’ content, unfazed by rivalry from ByteDance’s TikTok