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How is healthcare going digital? Investigate telemedicine, wearable sensors, and data-driven platforms improving patient experiences.

Health Tech

Indonesia

Red tape is delaying the rollout of upscale medical tourism facilities.

Indonesia makes billion-dollar health care bet to keep rich patients at home | KrASIA

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Indonesia makes billion-dollar health care bet to keep rich patients at home

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

KrASIA

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 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

Rather than chasing consumer hype, UBTech is doubling down on industrial deployments, putting its robots to work in automotive factories.

UBTech’s humanoid robots ditch the spotlight for car assembly lines | KrASIA

UBTech’s humanoid robots ditch the spotlight for car assembly lines

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

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

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

Volkswagen, GM, and state-owned partners are struggling amid the rapid EV transition.

BYD takes lead in China automotive market once driven by state-backed players | KrASIA

BYD takes lead in China automotive market once driven by state-backed players

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

Tencent

Tencent | KrASIA Archives

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

Entertainment

Mafengwo

Mafengwo also sells travel-related merchandise on its platform, and hosts editorial content geared toward China's domestic and outbound travelers.

Chinese online travel agency Mafengwo raises USD 250 million, with Tencent leading the investment | KrASIA

Chinese online travel agency Mafengwo raises USD 250 million, with Tencent leading the investment

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Song Jingli

mini-programs

As with WeChat, Tencent's QQ will integrate mini-programs | KrASIA

As with WeChat, Tencent&#8217;s QQ will integrate mini-programs

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

Alibaba's Dingtalk had five million corporate users by September 2017.

Tencent says WeChat Work now has 17,000 third-party SaaS vendors | KrASIA

Tencent says WeChat Work now has 17,000 third-party SaaS vendors

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

Artificial Intelligence

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

Venture Capital

Prowler.io

Prowler.io, an AI company from Cambridge, England has raised USD 24 million (RMB 166 million)  in funding at a USD 100 million (RMB 691 million)

Tencent leads investment in Cambridge-based AI company | KrASIA

Tencent leads investment in Cambridge-based AI company

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Lao Bei

earnings

Payment and ad revenue grew significantly as Tencent reduces its dependency on games.

Tencent debuts new business segment in push towards revenue diversification | KrASIA

Tencent debuts new business segment in push towards revenue diversification

WeTV

Will the local authorities seek to block it this time?

Despite propaganda concerns, Tencent launches subscription-based video streaming app in Taiwan | KrASIA

Despite propaganda concerns, Tencent launches subscription-based video streaming app in Taiwan

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Luna Lin

How do connected devices shape daily life? Examine IoT sensors, data platforms, and security protocols integrating smart tech into homes and cities.

Internet of Things

industrial internet

The corporate reshuffle in Tencent last year prepare the company for this development.

Tencent links up with the State Grid of China to build industrial internet infrastructure for the power sector | KrASIA

Tencent links up with the State Grid of China to build industrial internet infrastructure for the power sector

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

Gaming

Game for Peace

Tencent's PUBG Mobile clone Game for Peace rakes in USD 14 million in three days | KrASIA

Tencent&#8217;s PUBG Mobile clone Game for Peace rakes in USD 14 million in three days

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

Ant Group

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

Xiaomi

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

Fintech

Hong Kong

virutual banking

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has so far issued 8 virtual banking licenses. Ant Financial, Tencent, Xiaomi, and Ping An each have one.