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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

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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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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

NetEase, a Chinese Internet services firm, offers online gaming, music streaming, and e-commerce platforms, engaging millions of digital users.

NetEase

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

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

Gaming

The game clocked two million players within a day of its global release, but questions remain about its long-term revenue potential.

Where Winds Meet: Can it become China’s next global blockbuster game?

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

Why do firms join forces? Investigate synergy goals, valuation methods, and negotiations driving corporate consolidation.

Merger &amp; Acquisition

What happens after acquisitions close? Examine deal structures, operational improvements, and exit strategies molding corporate outcomes.

Private Equity

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

Venture Capital

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Singapore

Southeast Asia

Thailand

Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

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KrASIA tracks China’s tech and business stories, alongside key developments across the broader Asia Pacific region.

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

Artificial Intelligence

How do virtual worlds expand reality? Discover AR/VR tools, content creation, and platforms layering digital information onto everyday life.

Augmented and Virtual Reality

What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

Hardware

How is healthcare going digital? Investigate telemedicine, wearable sensors, and data-driven platforms improving patient experiences.

Health Tech

The global eye-tracking market is expected to surpass USD 1.82 billion by 2024.

Can eye-tracking tech become a normality? This firm thinks so: Inside China's Startups

Can eye-tracking tech become a normality? This firm thinks so: Inside China&#8217;s Startups

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

What happens when banking goes virtual? Study no-branch platforms, biometric authentication, and seamless financial services.

Digital Banks

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Grab, Ant, and other heavyweights join drive for greater financial inclusion.

Singapore ushers ASEAN into new digital banking era

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How does learning transcend classrooms? Investigate online courses, adaptive learning tools, and global educational platforms.

Education

During the COVID-19 pandemic, education hardware products rose in popularity.

Periscope Volume 7 | This industry may spawn the next Xiaomi (Part 1 of 2)

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The number of Chinese unicorns leaped from 43 in 2016 to 265 in 2020.

China Market Intel Report: Zoom into China's top 100 unicorns

China Market Intel Report: Zoom into China&#8217;s top 100 unicorns

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KrASIA Writers

Byju’s, a former edtech unicorn, merges video lessons, quizzes, and personalized learning paths to help students excel academically.

Byju's

India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

India

Unacademy, an online learning platform in India, provides test prep courses, video lessons, and live classes for students.

Unacademy

What drives digital education adoption? Analyze e-learning apps, AI-driven assessments, and tools enhancing student engagement.

Edtech

Investors who KrASIA spoke with believe there may be an edtech bubble in making as there has been over investment in the sector.

Is the Indian edtech sector in a bubble? | KrASIA Year in Review

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The app displays a unique QR code for immigration officials to verify and authenticate COVID-19 test results.

Singapore rolls out digital health passport for a safe reopening of the travel sector

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Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

Two Singaporean startups learn from Grab and IMDA to help expand into Vietnam.

Grab Ventures Ignite helps Singaporean startups kickstart in Vietnam

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Online classes were like a band-aid in the beginning because nobody believed that the pandemic would last this long, said Sandeep Aneja.

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

Companies plan to overcome new learning obstacles with accelerators.

ASEAN's edtech startups eye brisk expansion on COVID boost

ASEAN&#8217;s edtech startups eye brisk expansion on COVID boost

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

Deep Tech

What revolutionizes mealtimes? Investigate alternative proteins, supply chain tracking, and delivery services fueling the future of food.

Food Tech

Float Foods hopes to be able to contribute to Singapore’s food safety, being sustainable, and enabling consumers to eat healthy food.

Insights

Can eye-tracking tech become a normality? This firm thinks so: Inside China’s Startups

Singapore ushers ASEAN into new digital banking era

Periscope Volume 7 | This industry may spawn the next Xiaomi (Part 1 of 2)

China Market Intel Report: Zoom into China’s top 100 unicorns

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Singapore rolls out digital health passport for a safe reopening of the travel sector

Grab Ventures Ignite helps Singaporean startups kickstart in Vietnam

ASEAN’s edtech startups eye brisk expansion on COVID boost

A Singapore food tech startup hatched Asia’s first plant-based whole-egg substitute

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