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

DJI sets industry standards in drone technology, offering aerial imaging, filming solutions, and advanced flight controls for professionals and hobbyists.

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

East Asia

Once notorious for relentless overtime, Chinese firms are now enforcing policies to curb late-night work. But is this a real shift, or just a cost-cutting move?

“996” no more? DJI and Midea are making employees leave work on time | KrASIA

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Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

KrASIA

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends. 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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Tesla’s electric cars, battery storage systems, and solar energy solutions shape sustainable transportation and power grids.

Tesla

The US market serves as both the backbone and the driving force behind global technological advancements.

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

A cheaper Model Y is coming to China, but can it compete with local EV makers on more than just price?

Facing a tough test in China, Tesla’s next move is a budget Model Y | KrASIA

Facing a tough test in China, Tesla’s next move is a budget Model Y

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DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, develops large language models and machine learning solutions for enterprise applications and scientific research.

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

Artificial intelligence

AI shares surge as investors and Beijing bet on advances in the sector.

The next DeepSeek? Startup Manus becomes China's latest AI darling | KrASIA

The next DeepSeek? Startup Manus becomes China&#8217;s latest AI darling

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

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

Tencent

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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.

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

ByteDance

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

Pinduoduo

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

E-commerce

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

Live Streaming

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

Weishi launched its Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival Shopping Season in a bid to get more farmers selling their produce on the the platform.

Farm-to-home shopping takes root on Tencent's Weishi short video platform | KrASIA

Farm-to-home shopping takes root on Tencent&#8217;s Weishi short video platform

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Song Jingli

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

Gaming

Tencent Games was the publisher and distributor responsible to make PUBG Mobile available in other countries including India.

PUBG cuts ties with Tencent Games | KrASIA

PUBG cuts ties with Tencent Games

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Avanish Tiwary

Net worth of Zhang Shenshen, CEO of Nongfu Spring, USD 58 billion

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

Social Impact

Zhong Shanshan, CEO of Nongfu Spring, beats his technology counterparts Jack Ma and Pony Ma on net worth.

KEY STAT | CEO of beverage company topples Alibaba and Tencent founders to become the richest man in China | KrASIA

KEY STAT | CEO of beverage company topples Alibaba and Tencent founders to become the richest man in China

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Julianna Wu

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

NetEase

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

Entertainment

The social media platform had half a billion users in its heyday before WeChat took all the attention of its parent company.

Tencent finally kills microblogging service Tencent Weibo after years-long decline | KrASIA

Tencent finally kills microblogging service Tencent Weibo after years-long decline

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

WeChat and AliPay Expanding their Businesses into Canadian Universities

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

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

WeChat

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

Fintech

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

Payments

Will super apps like Grab and Gojek implement the same strategy of do-everything platforms like WeChat and Alipay?

Should Southeast Asian super apps follow the same route as their Chinese peers? | KrASIA

Should Southeast Asian super apps follow the same route as their Chinese peers?

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Ursula Florene

PUBG Mobile and related apps accumulated more than 175 million lifetime downloads in India, its largest market by install numbers.

PUBG Mobile players and streamers mourn India’s ban on the Tencent game | KrASIA

PUBG Mobile players and streamers mourn India’s ban on the Tencent game

India put a ban on 118 Chinese apps citing cybersecurity reasons.

India plans endgame for Tencent's PUBG Mobile in third round of bans of Chinese apps | KrASIA

India plans endgame for Tencent&#8217;s PUBG Mobile in third round of bans of Chinese apps

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Avanish Tiwary and Moulishree Srivastava

What drives digital education adoption? Analyze e-learning apps, AI-driven assessments, and tools enhancing student engagement.

Edtech

With an after-deal valuation of USD 13 billion, Yuanfudao is the most valuable edtech unicorn in China.

CHINA BRIEF | Edtech unicorn Yuanfudao raises USD 1.2 billion | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Edtech unicorn Yuanfudao raises USD 1.2 billion

Microsoft develops Windows, Office, and Azure cloud platforms, enabling productivity, collaboration, and scalable computing worldwide.

Microsoft

The sale of TikTok’s US operations might need approval from Chinese authorities in order to proceed.

Tencent

Farm-to-home shopping takes root on Tencent’s Weishi short video platform

PUBG cuts ties with Tencent Games

KEY STAT | CEO of beverage company topples Alibaba and Tencent founders to become the richest man in China

Tencent finally kills microblogging service Tencent Weibo after years-long decline

Should Southeast Asian super apps follow the same route as their Chinese peers?

PUBG Mobile players and streamers mourn India’s ban on the Tencent game

India plans endgame for Tencent’s PUBG Mobile in third round of bans of Chinese apps

CHINA BRIEF | Edtech unicorn Yuanfudao raises USD 1.2 billion

ByteDance to comply with China’s latest tech export rules, complicating TikTok sale

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