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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.

Robotics

Beijing is prioritizing the sector as a major growth engine.

Can China repeat its EV success in humanoid robots? | KrASIA

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Can China repeat its EV success in humanoid robots?

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

KrASIA

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

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

Consumer Services

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

With trade tensions rising, companies are turning to offshore structures to stay nimble—and stay in business.

As tariffs bite, exporters explore offshore trade setups | KrASIA

As tariffs bite, exporters explore offshore trade setups

I'm Xiaochun with 36Kr Global [kri’eɪʃə], a newborn digital media with a dedication to help Asia uncover its innovations and to create.

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Xiaochun Zhao

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

Creative

Where do style and commerce meet? Examine supply chains, sustainable sourcing, and digital trends influencing global fashion markets.

Fashion

A crop of Chinese handbag brands are skipping the logos and rewriting the luxury playbook, hoping design and storytelling can go where status once ruled.

Can China make its own luxury handbags—and make us believe in them? | KrASIA

Can China make its own luxury handbags—and make us believe in them?

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

Huawei | KrASIA Archives

Oppo, a Chinese smartphone producer, emphasizes advanced camera features, sleek designs, and immersive audiovisual experiences.

Oppo

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

Xiaomi

Xiaomi marched into the chip development field in 2014 but has yet to deliver solid results.

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun says Mix Alpha phone nixed, in-house chip development faces 'difficulties' | KrASIA

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun says Mix Alpha phone nixed, in-house chip development faces &#8216;difficulties&#8217;

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Wency Chen

Top-tier AI chip companies are sought after, while mediocre startups will find difficulty in financing

What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

Hardware

Beijing-backed SMIC downplays risk of losing Huawei orders.

China's top chipmaker ups capex to USD 6.7 billion after bumper quarter | KrASIA

China&#8217;s top chipmaker ups capex to USD 6.7 billion after bumper quarter

Shenzhen-based Huawei shipped 55.8 million Android smartphones in the second quarter, edging out Samsung’s 53.7 million total tally in the same period.

Huawei wrests crown of world’s biggest smartphone vendor from Samsung on strong China sales | KrASIA

Huawei wrests crown of world’s biggest smartphone vendor from Samsung on strong China sales

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South China Morning Post

Apple designs iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers, coupling sleek hardware with robust software ecosystems and service offerings.

Apple

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

Telecommunications

Huawei has 46 per cent of China’s smartphone market, more than Vivo, Oppo, and Xiaomi combined.

Huawei captures nearly half the smartphone market in China, where a lack of Google apps doesn’t matter | KrASIA

Huawei captures nearly half the smartphone market in China, where a lack of Google apps doesn’t matter

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

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

Tencent

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

Social Impact

Although environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards are not new, Chinese firms have only recently begun to adopt them seriously.

Catching up on ESG standards: How do Chinese companies perform in social investing? | KrASIA

Catching up on ESG standards: How do Chinese companies perform in social investing?

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Gozde Celik

Region becomes battlefield as Singapore, Vietnam choose European rivals.

Huawei 5G dominance threatened in Southeast Asia | KrASIA

Huawei 5G dominance threatened in Southeast Asia

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

Autonomous Vehicles

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

Huawei has been leveraging its 5G expertise to develop autonomous driving technology.

BYD’s new 5G-equipped electric car runs on the Huawei HarmonyOS car platform | KrASIA

BYD’s new 5G-equipped electric car runs on the Huawei HarmonyOS car platform

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

How do connected devices shape daily life? Examine IoT sensors, data platforms, and security protocols integrating smart tech into homes and cities.

Internet of Things

Huawei reported a 13.1% revenue growth and 9.2% net profit margin for the first half of 2020.

CHINA BRIEF | Huawei sees faster growth and improved profitability in Q2 | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Huawei sees faster growth and improved profitability in Q2

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Song Jingli

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

Artificial Intelligence

Visual Stories

Cambricon, the AI chip manufacturer behind Huawei's smartphones, is expected to raise USD 3.6 billion in a STAR Market IPO.

KEY STAT | Huawei's previous partner Cambricon to become China's first AI chip stock | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Huawei&#8217;s previous partner Cambricon to become China&#8217;s first AI chip stock

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