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

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

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Splat is an app that turns arguments into entertainment, where AI judges your roasts and fighting is framed as a form of connection.

This 26-year-old built a social app where fighting is not a bug, but a feature

AI Now! is a global AI community of Chinese developers, professionals, and founders.

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How do we operate off Earth? Explore satellites, launch services, and research ventures pioneering new space economies.

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Startups in Southeast Asia are poised to explore new frontiers in the space economy.

Unlocking growth in orbit: How startups can harness opportunities in the booming space economy

Michelle Khoo is the leader of the Deloitte Center for The Edge Southeast Asia. With over a decade of experience in advising business and government leaders on long-term strategies, Khoo is passionate about shaping a more sustainable, fairer, and inclusive future in both physical and digital realms. Her work revolves around artificial intelligence, sustainability, metaverse, disruption, and innovation.

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

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

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

While new energy vehicles are thriving, the price war continues as automakers retract their pact.

Chinese auto sales grew 9.8% in the first half, helped by low base

NetEase, a Chinese Internet services firm, offers online gaming, music streaming, and e-commerce platforms, engaging millions of digital users.

NetEase

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

Social Impact

Two minutes are all it takes for people with hearing impairments to “find” their own voice.

Hearing-impaired individuals speak their “first sentence of life” using AI

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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

Huawei

What fits the world in your pocket? Track device innovation, OS ecosystems, and connectivity shaping smartphone usage.

Smartphones

How does information move at light speed? Review 5G rollouts, fiber networks, and connectivity standards advancing global communication.

Telecommunications

The Chinese tech giant seeks alternative revenue sources to mitigate impact of the US chip ban.

Huawei reveals 5G and Wi-Fi royalty rates in patent push

How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

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

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Guangdong Lingcun Integrated Circuit secures $30 million in funding to establish China's first fully automated flash memory chip testing production line.

Lingcun Technology Completes USD 30 Million Round A Financing

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

Cainiao, Alibaba’s logistics arm, streamlines supply chains with data-driven solutions, offering efficient e-commerce delivery and cross-border shipping services.

Cainiao

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

East Asia

Freshippo

How do firms boost efficiency? Assess cloud platforms, consulting solutions, and business intelligence tools powering corporate operations.

Cloud Solutions

The Chinese tech giant's January-March revenue misses analyst bets with a 2% growth.

Alibaba eyes full Cloud spinoff and IPOs for Cainiao and Freshippo

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

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

E-commerce

Data from the WorldFirst platform revealed that the number of export markets for Chinese SMEs doubled year-on-year in Q1 2023, with some exporters selling to as many as 42 overseas markets.

Chinese SME B2B Exporters Diversify Revenue Sources by Expanding into More Markets

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

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Alipay+ e-wallets can now be used to pay at 11,000 stalls in Singapore's hawker centres, coffee shops, wet markets, and canteens.

Alipay+ Payment Option Now Available at 11,000 Stalls in Singapore Hawker Centres

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

Logistics

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

On-demand Services

The move comes as the Chinese tech giant divides into six units in a historic overhaul.

Alibaba logistics arm Cainiao gears up for Hong Kong IPO

Shein, a fast fashion online retailer, updates its catalog frequently, offering trendy apparel and accessories to global style-conscious shoppers.

Shein

Shein is facing challenges from tariffs, competition, declining revenue growth and user data, and a stricter quality control mechanism for suppliers.