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

China

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

East Asia

Huawei, a global telecom and smartphone vendor, delivers networking equipment, 5G solutions, and consumer devices integrating cutting-edge 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

The alliance is betting on scale to reach its goals, though overlap within its lineup poses risks.

Huawei’s HIMA plans 17 car launches to secure position in premium car market

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

Artificial Intelligence

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

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

Deep Tech

Embodied Intelligence

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

While humanoid robots remain the holy grail, companies like Dreame are tapping AI to enhance a wide range of household devices.

Dreame’s new floor washers show embodied intelligence entering homes first through appliances

How do businesses grow responsibly? Examine green policies, sustainable materials, and climate commitments guiding corporate strategies.

Sustainability

With Chinese exports booming, Botree is turning to localized partnerships to capture overseas recycling demand.

As Europe tightens recycling rules, China’s Botree finds foothold with service-led model

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

Insights | KrASIA

Foreign entertainment firms are targeting Indonesia

Indonesia is one country where Chinese entertainment giants are locking horns with globally recognized names like Netflix and Disney.

Chinese and American entertainment platforms vie for screen time in Indonesia

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AJ Cortese

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

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

Meituan, China’s all-in-one local services platform, covers food delivery, travel bookings, and lifestyle deals, simplifying daily consumer choices.

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

Pinduoduo

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

Jack Ma's retirement marks a new era for the country's innovators.

China 'second-generation' internet entrepreneurs take helm

China &#8216;second-generation&#8217; internet entrepreneurs take helm

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Nikkei Asia

Dark patterns in Southeast Asian e-commerce

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

Southeast Asia

dark patterns

product design

Design elements in e-commerce marketplaces create the urge to buy more and buy faster. What are the techniques that these platforms deploy?

Under the spotlight: Dark patterns in Southeast Asia's e-commerce marketplaces

Under the spotlight: Dark patterns in Southeast Asia&#8217;s e-commerce marketplaces

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Lin Lingyi

Uable cultivates life skills in Indian schoolchildren

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

India

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

Edtech

Uable engages children from age six to 12 in role-playing projects, where the kids imagine themselves as astronauts, detectives, or scientists to solve problems.

Uable cultivates life skills and imagination in India's schoolchildren | Startup Stories

Uable cultivates life skills and imagination in India&#8217;s schoolchildren | Startup Stories

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Avanish Tiwary

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

FortyTwo gains pricing advantage working exclusively with factories and by leveraging on their volume and scale.

How FortyTwo became Singapore's largest online furniture retailer

How FortyTwo became Singapore&#8217;s largest online furniture retailer

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Vulcan Post

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

There are over 40,000 local eateries in Jakarta generating monthly incomes of USD 3,000 each. Tech firms are tapping the sector.

Indonesia's street-side eateries to become the next sector to digitize

Indonesia&#8217;s street-side eateries to become the next sector to digitize

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Khamila Mulia

Mother Finance crunches mobile data for digital lending

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

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

Fintech firm Mother Finance offers loans to the unbanked population based on their smartphone data.

Mother Finance crunches mobile data for credit scores and digital lending in Myanmar: Startup Stories

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Stephanie Li

US-Listed YY Spins off Game Streaming Unit Huya for IPO to Fuel Expansion

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

Gaming

Before the ban, the Indian gaming market has largely been dominated by China-based developers.

Indian game developers set to gain from PUBG-ban

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Tausif Alam

Yummy Corp feeds you when you work from home

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

Yummy Corp now operates the largest network of cloud kitchens in Indonesia.

Yummy Corp feeds you when you work from home: Startup Stories

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