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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

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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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Meituan, China’s all-in-one local services platform, covers food delivery, travel bookings, and lifestyle deals, simplifying daily consumer choices.

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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.

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

Ant Group

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

Tencent

WeChat, Tencent’s superapp, combines messaging, social media, mobile payments, and mini-programs, streamlining daily tasks for over a billion users.

WeChat

Alipay hopes to increase adoption of the app among SME owners, while spurring consumer spending in China's coronavirus-hit economy.

Alipay to give out USD 1.4 billion in coupons to boost consumption, increase app adoption | KrASIA

Alipay to give out USD 1.4 billion in coupons to boost consumption, increase app adoption

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

Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

Visual Stories

As the third-largest unicorn in China, Didi is at a key point in its development.

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Didi shows ambitions with 800 million monthly users target | KrASIA

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Didi shows ambitions with 800 million monthly users target

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Julianna Wu and Amos Chen

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

E-commerce

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

Enterprise Services

Saas

supply chain

Four years on, Meituan's Internet+ strategy is beginning to show some teeth.

Meituan: To B or not to B? | KrASIA

Meituan: To B or not to B?

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Lin Lingyi

JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce leader, ensures trusted transactions, efficient logistics, and a wide product selection for online shoppers.

JD.com

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coronavirus

Covid-19

environment

The coronavirus has provided economies around the world with a chance for reflection.

Could COVID-19 prompt more sustainable innovation to fight climate change in China? | KrASIA

Could COVID-19 prompt more sustainable innovation to fight climate change in China?

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AJ Cortese

Ele.me, a Chinese online food delivery platform, partners with local restaurants to provide fast, convenient dining options to urban consumers.

Ele.me

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

What drives global exploration? Discover evolving tourism trends, hospitality services, and the shift toward personalized travel experiences.

Travel

Expanding to numerous sectors these years, Meituan is feeling increasing pressure from Alibaba's local life service push.

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Meituan, from China's Groupon mimicry to local service giant in 10 years | KrASIA

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Meituan, from China&#8217;s Groupon mimicry to local service giant in 10 years

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Julianna Wu

Videos

New players are stepping up to bring groceries and fresh produce to customers across China.

Video | These are the challengers to Ele.me and Meituan's food and grocery delivery duopoly in China | KrASIA

Video | These are the challengers to Ele.me and Meituan&#8217;s food and grocery delivery duopoly in China

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James Chan

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Pinduoduo revolutionizes e-commerce with social group buying, connecting budget-conscious shoppers to discounts on a broad range of products.

Pinduoduo

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

Xiaomi

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

Entertainment

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

Gaming

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

Video

The COVID-19 pandemic generated a wave of digitization that left some companies better positioned than others to capitalize.

Winners and survivors from the pandemic, Q1 sheds light on China's economic recovery | KrASIA

Winners and survivors from the pandemic, Q1 sheds light on China&#8217;s economic recovery

But the company still managed to beat analyst revenue expectations.

Chinese food delivery giant Meituan Dianping posts Q1 loss after three consecutive profitable quarters | KrASIA

Chinese food delivery giant Meituan Dianping posts Q1 loss after three consecutive profitable quarters

Planning on using a bike-sharing service in Beijing? Our guide can help you to pick the right one.

Meituan

Alipay to give out USD 1.4 billion in coupons to boost consumption, increase app adoption

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Didi shows ambitions with 800 million monthly users target

Meituan: To B or not to B?

Could COVID-19 prompt more sustainable innovation to fight climate change in China?

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Meituan, from China’s Groupon mimicry to local service giant in 10 years

Video | These are the challengers to Ele.me and Meituan’s food and grocery delivery duopoly in China

Winners and survivors from the pandemic, Q1 sheds light on China’s economic recovery

Chinese food delivery giant Meituan Dianping posts Q1 loss after three consecutive profitable quarters

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