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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

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

Luckin Coffee

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

Coffee

Five years after a financial scandal, China’s leading coffee chain is testing its footing in Starbucks’ home market.

Luckin Coffee tests the waters in the US with two New York stores

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

KrASIA

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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36Kr English

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

Bonjour is building an agentic platform that turns tasks into instant transactions—fulfilled by humans today, and AI tomorrow.

Inside Bonjour, a Chinese startup creating the “Upwork of the agent era”

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

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AI Now!

What shapes modern healthcare and agriculture? Examine biotech startups, gene editing, and drug discovery unlocking biological potential.

Biotechnology

Studies are underway to validate the product’s benefits in children who miss elite growth marks but fall outside clinical deficiency.

Growth for all: Agebox’s IGF‑1 sensitizer is designed for kids above clinical thresholds

East Asia | KrASIA

Alipay, a fintech platform by Ant Group, offers mobile payments, financial services, and e-commerce integrations, supporting transactions globally.

Alipay

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

Ant Group

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

By forming partnerships with local wallets instead of competing against them, Ant Group’s Alipay+ connects consumers and businesses across the globe.

Ant Group's Alipay+ bridges connections between local wallets and cross-border businesses

Ant Group&#8217;s Alipay+ bridges connections between local wallets and cross-border businesses

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36Kr Global Research

Kakao, a South Korean digital platform, provides messaging apps, mobile payment solutions, and content streaming, connecting millions of users.

Kakao

South Korea’s tech ecosystem features top electronics firms, world-class mobile technology, and platforms advancing global digital culture.

South Korea

Fast-moving tech group to face earnings pressure from higher system investments.

South Korean super app Kakao's outage reveals growing pains

South Korean super app Kakao&#8217;s outage reveals growing pains

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

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Nikkei Asia

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

Japan

Toyota, a Japanese automaker, produces a wide range of vehicles, focusing on reliability, efficiency, and innovation in mobility.

Toyota

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

Tesla earns 8 times more profit than Toyota per car. Focus on few, higher-priced models puts EV maker in lead on net earnings.

Tesla earns 8 times more profit than Toyota per car

Honda, a Japanese automobile and motorcycle manufacturer, produces fuel-efficient cars, eco-friendly hybrid models, and advanced mobility solutions.

Honda

Honda to test micro EVs geared for mapless self driving. Autonomous micromobility vehicles hold promise for next-gen services.

Honda to test micro EVs geared for mapless self driving

Sony, a Japanese electronics pioneer, excels in gaming consoles, home entertainment systems, audio devices, and cinematic production.

Sony

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

Autonomous Vehicles

Sony-Honda team takes on Apple in software auto evolution. Unusual pair seeks to drive platform-based business for vehicles.

Sony-Honda team takes on Apple in software auto evolution

ByteDance, a Chinese internet company, uses machine learning to recommend engaging videos, news, and social content (via TikTok and Douyin).

Meta oversees social networks (like Facebook and Instagram), messaging apps, VR platforms, and digital ads, connecting billions across continents.

Augmented and Virtual Reality

Tech heavyweights go on offensive after Facebook owner raises prices.

ByteDance and Sony challenge Meta in Japan's VR market

ByteDance and Sony challenge Meta in Japan&#8217;s VR market

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

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

Tencent tops Apple, Sony to take gaming market crown. The Chinese tech giant crafts global portfolio with over 180 investments.

Tencent tops Apple, Sony to take gaming market crown

SAIC Motor, a Chinese automaker, manufactures passenger and commercial vehicles through various brands and joint ventures.

SAIC Motor

How do we store tomorrow’s power? Evaluate battery R&amp;D, manufacturing progress, and recycling strategies fueling energy independence.

Batteries

Chinese battery maker powers SAIC's economy EV. Gotion High-Tech's low-cost LFP batteries seen doubling driving range by 2030.

Chinese battery maker powers SAIC's economy EV

Chinese battery maker powers SAIC&#8217;s economy EV

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

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

Southeast Asia

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

Blockchain

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

Payments

Philippines, Vietnam study digital currencies as Alipay, WeChat Pay spread. More Southeast Asian countries moving in the direction of early issuer Cambodia.

East Asia

Ant Group’s Alipay+ bridges connections between local wallets and cross-border businesses

South Korean super app Kakao’s outage reveals growing pains

Tesla earns 8 times more profit than Toyota per car

Honda to test micro EVs geared for mapless self driving

Sony-Honda team takes on Apple in software auto evolution

ByteDance and Sony challenge Meta in Japan’s VR market

Tencent tops Apple, Sony to take gaming market crown

Chinese battery maker powers SAIC’s economy EV

Philippines, Vietnam study digital currencies as Alipay, WeChat Pay spread

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