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

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

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The Chinese chipmaker has built a vertically integrated GPGPU ecosystem, and now seeks new capital to scale it.

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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

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

Dreame

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

East Asia

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

Borrowing from the playbook of autonomous vehicles, Dreame uses LiDAR tech to achieve what traditional garden toolmakers couldn’t.

Dreame’s robotic lawn mowers lead the pack with a smart LiDAR edge

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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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.

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Southeast Asia

Indonesia's financial authority has moved to regulate unlicensed financial advisers to protect novice investors.

Indonesia's "finfluencers" under scrutiny as P2P lending bubble bursts

Indonesia&#8217;s &#8220;finfluencers&#8221; under scrutiny as P2P lending bubble bursts

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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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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ZTE woes may steer China’s AI chip development into a different direction

Chip talent war: Taiwan faces critical staffing shortage. Semiconductor giants hike salaries to lure island's dwindling number of graduates.

Chip talent war: Taiwan faces critical staffing shortage

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

How do trustless ledgers transform industries? Investigate decentralized databases, smart contracts, and infrastructure powering secure transactions.

Blockchain

Where do digital assets find value? Consider market volatility, decentralized exchanges, and blockchain protocols shaping crypto economies.

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Thailand’s Bitkub wants to become the ‘Coinbase’ of Southeast Asia. Will tightening regulations and competition hamper Bitkub’s growth?

Thailand’s Bitkub wants to become the ‘Coinbase’ of Southeast Asia

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Stephanie Li

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

Food Tech

Next Gen Foods is redefining Singapore’s status as a foodtech hub. The company raised USD 100 million this week and is becoming a foodtech trailblazer.

Next Gen Foods is redefining Singapore’s status as a foodtech hub

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Khamila Mulia

What defines fully immersive realms? Uncover virtual environments, user-generated content, and monetization models shaping the metaverse.

Metaverse

The metaverse is here to stay, but what are the benefits? The Sandbox and Decentraland are changing how users and brands play, earn, and interact.

The metaverse is here to stay, but what are the benefits?

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Brandon Lee

Finantier’s open finance platform fosters financial inclusion. Finantier generates profiles for users who were unable to access financial services.

Finantier’s open finance platform fosters financial inclusion

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Sarah Koh

How can businesses drive positive change? Study policies, ESG strategies, and community initiatives fostering global social advancement.

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BantuBumi aims to battle plastic pollution in Indonesia via better waste management. It has developed an app for waste collectors to digitize their work.

BantuBumi aims to battle plastic pollution in Indonesia through better waste management

How does technology feed the planet? Explore precision farming, digital supply chains, and sustainability efforts shaping modern agriculture.

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Myanmar

Generational gaps and power poverty are limiting the reach of agritech solutions in rural Myanmar.

Agritech apps could improve Myanmar’s crop yields, so what’s stopping farmers from using them?

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

Vietnam

From Flappy Bird to Axie Infinity and beyond, Vietnam’s game developers see bright future ahead. The success of Flappy Bird has inspired many local studios.

From Flappy Bird to Axie Infinity and beyond, Vietnam’s game developers see bright future ahead

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

Health Tech

Philippine startup Zennya Health delivers medical care right to the patient’s doorstep. Zennya aims to close the health inequality gap in the Philippines.