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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

Dreame

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

East Asia

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

Deep Tech

What powers digital devices? Delve into chip design, manufacturing bottlenecks, and semiconductor breakthroughs fueling global electronics.

Semiconductors

The chips will power Dreame’s robotics products while work is underway to expand into space-based computing.

Dreame-backed NXMind enters commercialization with Tianqiong chips, targets orbital computing

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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Cheng Zi is based in China, covering technology- and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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Cheng Zi

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

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

WeChat

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

Artificial Intelligence

The Tencent app is developing a proprietary AI model to power agents that work across its ecosystem.

WeChat explores building in-house AI model as Tencent ramps up AI push

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

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

The Chinese automaker has taken risk and acted fast in expanding beyond its home market.

BYD redraws global EV map, overtaking Tesla in 20 markets

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

Microsoft

What medical tools shape care delivery? Assess medical devices, diagnostics, and digital services refining patient treatment.

Medtech

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

Social Impact

The Chinese super app joins other tech giants looking to develop new software to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

WeChat to participate in COVID-19 hackathon in support of WHO

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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The firm has already rolled out similar measures in China.

CHINA BRIEF | Tencent sets up USD 100 million fund for global coronavirus control

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Sun Henan

Tencent aims to compete with Zoom in the booming workplace collaboration sector as quarantine measures take hold globally.

Tencent looks to overseas videoconferencing market with new VooV Meeting app

Weishi, Tencent’s short video platform, invites users to create, share, and discover trending clips in a mobile-friendly environment.

Weishi

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

Short Video

Visual Stories

Despite record earnings, the ubiquitous giant faced a series of challenges in 2019 and began testing a new corporate strategy.

TECH PANORAMA | Tencent's 2019: midlife crisis, short video pain, and a strategic pivot

TECH PANORAMA | Tencent&#8217;s 2019: midlife crisis, short video pain, and a strategic pivot

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Julianna Wu

WeChat has redefined what a social network can be. Photo by Jeffrey Towson.

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

Apple

Along with dark mode, WeChat has also rolled out several new functions.

WeChat goes dark in latest release for iOS

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

China’s cloud infrastructure market grew 66.9% to USD 3.3 billion in the fourth quarter of last year.

Tencent, Baidu gain ground on Alibaba as China’s cloud market expands at rapid pace

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South China Morning Post

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

Gaming

The New Delhi-based startup will bring PUBG Mobile tournaments on its platform in ten regional languages.

Indian gaming startup WinZO ties up with Tencent to conduct PUBG Mobile tournament

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

Fintech

Revenues from online entertainment and office collaboration saw a boost while the giant's fintech business declined.

Tencent Q4 revenue up 25%, but coronavirus expected to impact next quarter

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

Enterprise Services

WeChat Work telecommuting app sees 15% gain in new users.