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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

Mixue Bingcheng runs beverage shops, leveraging mobile ordering and social commerce to serve refreshing drinks and desserts.

Mixue Bingcheng

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

Consumer Economy

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

Retail

Closures in Indonesia and Vietnam mark growing pains, but domestic scale, coffee, and new supply hubs give the group fresh momentum.

Mixue trims abroad, doubles down at home, and brews up Lucky Cup’s rise

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

Deep Tech

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

Used in everything from humanoid robots to pool cleaners, RobStride’s modules are becoming the unseen foundation of China’s embodied intelligence wave.

RobStride builds the joints that keep China’s robots moving, and a thriving industry around them

Coffee

A buyer is expected to be chosen by October.

Brewing takeover: Four firms in final race to buy Starbucks China

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

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The company known for cat-like robot waiters is seeking to expand its business.

China's Pudu to supply cleaning robots to Japan hotels and eateries

China&#8217;s Pudu to supply cleaning robots to Japan hotels and eateries

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Nikkei Asia

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

Venture Capital

Indonesia

Singapore

Southeast Asia

Bringing you the latest news briefs on fundraising activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Baskit’s seed round extension, major deals in China, and more

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India

Deals in brief: Meatable secures USD 35 million in funding, nine new deals for Chinese companies, and more

Ebara specializes in industrial machinery—from precision pumps to compressors—supporting manufacturing, energy, and environmental operations worldwide.

Ebara

Discover how Japan’s advanced manufacturing, robotics, and consumer electronics brands drive global technology trends.

Japan

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

Sustainability

This machinery maker's new technology skips the process of separating trash.

Japan's Ebara to make recycling plastic easier and more efficient

Japan&#8217;s Ebara to make recycling plastic easier and more efficient

South Korea

Deals in brief: Disprz and DotBio secure new funding, South Korean giants back AI startup, and more

BYD, a Chinese EV maker, produces electric cars, buses, and batteries, accelerating adoption of sustainable transportation worldwide.

Great Wall Motor produces SUVs, pickup trucks, and passenger cars across multiple brands, with a focus on expanding EV and smart vehicle capabilities.

Great Wall Motor

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

Thailand

Chinese automakers are vying for a piece of Thailand’s EV market, a move underpinned by the country's industrial advantages, climate conditions, and cultural backdrop.

Chinese automakers embrace Thailand in race for electric vehicle dominance

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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Deals in brief: Oladance, BintanGo, and Allozymes secure new funding, and more

How is power evolving? Review renewable sources, grid innovations, and efficiency measures driving cleaner, more resilient energy systems.

Energy

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy and Hitachi Zosen lead the way in burning waste for power.

Southeast Asia looks to its growing piles of trash as new energy source

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

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

Artificial Intelligence

Employees of the Chinese tech giant have received invitations to take part in the internal testing of the new AI-powered product.