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

Creative

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

Hardware

What sets the world’s soundtrack? Follow streaming royalties, label strategies, and genre shifts guiding the global music industry’s rhythm.

Music

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Anker’s audio brand is expanding beyond playback, aiming to turn headphones into contextual, conversational assistants.

From audio to assistant, Anker’s Soundcore wants to redefine what headphones can do

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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

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

East Asia

Nio, a Chinese electric car maker, specializes in high-performance EVs, battery-swapping solutions, and autonomous driving technologies.

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 EV maker projects a recovery, but with a steep deficit and mounting competition, hitting its 50,000-unit monthly target is key.

Nio says the worst is over after a bruising Q1. Now it has to prove it

From new battery tech to falling power prices and ammonia exports, China is leading the clean energy race—and taking its expertise overseas.

China Recap | Chinese firms power ahead in green and EV tech

Vicky is a senior reporter based in Hangzhou, covering news about Chinese companies expanding their footprints abroad.

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Vicky Chang

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

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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.

The integration has been tested with a number of financial services companies including BNP Paribas, Citi, Deutsche Bank, and Goldman Sachs.

Goldman-backed chat app Symphony unlocks access to WeChat users through partnership with Tencent

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The firm says that the new vehicle will be a cheaper and greener alternative compared to a normal car.

Tencent wants to replace cars with flying taxis

Small and middle-sized merchants can now post ads on the platform for as low as USD 284 per month.

Ads and coupons from local vendors set to pop up on WeChat's Moments feed

Ads and coupons from local vendors set to pop up on WeChat&#8217;s Moments feed

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

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

Short Video

The Chinese giant is trying to take over on Douyin and Kuaishou.

Tencent merges its team in charge of short-video app Huoguo with Tencent Video division

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Song Jingli

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

It is estimated that by 2020, India will have over 650 million internet users, more than the combined population of the G7 countries.

Tencent makes its first bet in India's video-streaming segment

Tencent makes its first bet in India&#8217;s video-streaming segment

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

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

Youdao's share prices plunged 26% in its first day of trading.

NetEase mulls IPO for its Cloud Music platform, following Youdao’s footstep

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

Live Streaming

Game-streaming firm Huya has turned profitable this year and aims to win over the hearts of Gen Z.

Exclusive | Tencent-backed Huya to launch anime platform to target Gen Z, upping rivalry with Alibaba-backed Bilibili

Keep said businesses that fail to work well will be cut.

Goldman Sachs-and-Tencent-backed health tech startup Keep fires programmers to keep fit

China’s first Star Wars novel will be released chapter-by-chapter and it’s all canon.