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Vicky is a senior reporter based in Hangzhou, covering news about Chinese companies expanding their footprints abroad.

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

Artificial Intelligence

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

Deep 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

China

Ahead of its English-language site launch on June 30, Autohome introduced a slate of new AI tools to support global automotive supply chains.

Through AI, Autohome seeks to rewrite the global car buying playbook

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

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

Xpeng Motors builds intelligent EVs equipped with advanced infotainment systems, autonomous features, and sleek electric mobility designs.

Xpeng Motors

How are driverless systems redefining mobility? Uncover sensor technologies, regulatory frameworks, and AI driving cars without human intervention.

Autonomous Vehicles

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

Semiconductors

Loaded with three Turing chips, Xpeng says the G7 packs nearly nine times the computing power of a standard dual Orin X configuration.

Is Xpeng’s G7 the new benchmark for assisted driving thanks to Turing silicon?

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

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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

Slowing same-store growth may signal turbulence ahead for Chagee despite its standout year.

Chagee files for US IPO after a blockbuster 2024, but challenges loom

Haidilao

Zhang Junjie, founder of Chagee, joins Haidilao as an independent director, hinting at possible expansion into tea beverages.

Chagee’s founder joins Haidilao’s board, signaling potential tea venture

While Olympians vied for gold, Chinese tea brands like Chagee and Heytea fought for their own spotlight with pop-up stores in Paris.

Chagee and Heytea’s Paris pop-ups drew crowds amid Olympic buzz

Luckin Coffee provides app-based ordering, convenient pickup, and a broad beverage menu, reshaping China’s coffee consumption patterns.

Luckin Coffee

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Luckin

Luckin Coffee is breaking into tea territory, and its latest release is drawing comparison to Chagee’s popular milk tea—here’s how they stack up.

Is Luckin Coffee’s new tea beverage just a Chagee dupe?

The Chinese tea chain has reportedly recruited Li Tao, vice president of Starbucks China, to support its aggressive expansion strategy.