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

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

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A flash of Douyin fame sparked the brand, but Vivicycle’s ambitions extend well beyond live stream buzz.

Vivicycle taps women’s sportswear gap with first store in Hangzhou

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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

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

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

Artificial Intelligence

What drives digital storytelling? Examine content creation, distribution channels, and media platforms connecting audiences worldwide.

Content

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

Creative

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

Deep Tech

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

Entertainment

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

Live Streaming

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

Short Video

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

Video

Kuaishou’s investment in Kling AI and broader AI integration across its platform drove momentum that helped deliver its first-ever overseas profit.

Kuaishou turns a corner in Q1 as AI push begins to pay off

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Sudo Lim

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

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

Semiconductors

After a scrapped 2023 attempt, Zhuohai is back with a listing plan, this time on the Beijing Stock Exchange.

Zhuohai makes second IPO push as China doubles down on chips

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

Opinion

Cobots have been gaining popularity as full automation is not always desirable, and they have been transforming industries such as hospitality, medicine and law.

Cobots—are they your new friends at work?

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Shih Han Wong

With the Southeast Asian market starting to become saturated, large companies are starting to take notice of the MENA market.

The Arab market: An untapped opportunity

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Margarita Shvetsova

Q&amp;A

Wong translates her valuable experiences into a framework for a stronger gender lens that elevates women entrepreneurs in Asia.

[Tuning In] Gail Wong swam with sharks on Wall Street, and now brings outsiders into the mainstream with gender lens

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Emily Fang

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

Education

Seth Godin discusses the waves of change in education brought on by COVID-19, as well as the digitization of political engagement.

[Tuning In] Seth Godin on the future of education and technology's role in civil society

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AJ Cortese

What sets the world’s soundtrack? Follow streaming royalties, label strategies, and genre shifts guiding the global music industry’s rhythm.

Music

Co-founder and CEO of Musiio, Hazel Savage provides advice on how to manage working in a startup in the face of challenges brought on by COVID-19.

Resilience, adaptability and good lighting: How Musiio has kept the lights on (literally) through COVID-19

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Hazel Savage

While fast-growth markets do not yet meet the criteria to be considered 'developed’, these economies will grow larger and have a significant impact on global trade and economics.

The game plan for winning fast-growth markets

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Viktor Kyosev

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

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Voices

With her extensive career in public relations and brand building, Dian Noeh discusses the ins and outs of the industry.

[Tuning In] With more than 20 years of experience, Dian Noeh, CEO of KVB Global, shares what it takes to be in public relations

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Sara Mandagie

The data expert provides insights into her career path in AI, as well as how AI is being used to build a comprehensive and empathetic understanding of human beings.

Charlotte Brunquet, Quilt.AI senior data scientist, speaks on prioritizing ethics and humanity in artificial intelligence

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Amel Rigneau

For multinational corporations and startups alike, marketing is a key component of the business.

Marketing with minimal resources for startups

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Darren Thang

Bringing human stories to life and serve as a focused, borderless platform for readers to gather, learn, and interact.

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