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

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As smart glasses gain traction, they could soon redefine how we see and interact with technology.

Smart glasses: The optics behind the comeback of wearable displays

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Photo of Laifen’s flagship store at Coco Park in Shenzhen during its official opening. Photo source: Laifen.

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

Consumer Economy

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

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The personal care brand plans to open 300 stores to build a retail network around its expanding product lineup.

Laifen turns to offline retail to anchor its next phase of growth

Photo of CTO Lou Tiancheng (left) and CEO James Peng ringing the bell at Pony.ai’s listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

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

Pony.ai develops self-driving technologies for cars and trucks, collaborating with automakers to bring safer, fully autonomous mobility to public roads and fleet services worldwide.

Pony.ai

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

Autonomous 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

Hong Kong

Lou’s relentless pursuit of excellence has been central to Pony.ai’s resilience through years of highs and lows.

Inside Pony.ai’s staying power and the mindset of its CTO, Lou Tiancheng

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

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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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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

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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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

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

How Disney and Tencent plan to make China fall for Star Wars

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

Pinduoduo

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

WeChat

Price-cutting and apps-download links will be banned from the platform.

WeChat's upcoming tightened links policy may harm Pinduoduo and other platforms

WeChat&#8217;s upcoming tightened links policy may harm Pinduoduo and other platforms

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COO Mark Ren also sheds light on the company's third restructuring in corporate history, and why it adopts a partnership system.

Tencent says it isn't after 'substandard' content, unfazed by rivalry from ByteDance's TikTok

Tencent says it isn&#8217;t after &#8216;substandard&#8217; content, unfazed by rivalry from ByteDance&#8217;s TikTok

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

Ant Group

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

Innovation and capital are flooding forth on either side of the Pacific Ocean.

China outnumbers US in startups with billion-dollar valuations

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

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

Artificial Intelligence

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

Telecommunications

5G, cloud computing, AI, and IoT take center stage at the three-day event.

Tencent

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

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

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

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

How Disney and Tencent plan to make China fall for Star Wars

WeChat’s upcoming tightened links policy may harm Pinduoduo and other platforms

Tencent says it isn’t after ‘substandard’ content, unfazed by rivalry from ByteDance’s TikTok

China outnumbers US in startups with billion-dollar valuations

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