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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.

China

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

Discounts of up to 34% add to pressure that could squeeze out weaker players.

BYD price bombshell raises specter of wider China EV consolidation

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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.

The startup is building bots that prioritize emotional presence over technical perfection, hoping that’s what wins over families.

Joyin races to rewire homes with emotionally aware robots

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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How do we store tomorrow’s power? Evaluate battery R&amp;D, manufacturing progress, and recycling strategies fueling energy independence.

Batteries

How is power evolving? Review renewable sources, grid innovations, and efficiency measures driving cleaner, more resilient energy systems.

Energy

The Chinese firm hopes its “cold core” architecture will reshape expectations for the 4680 form factor.

Can cylindrical EV batteries make a comeback? Talent New Energy thinks so

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

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What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

China's Tencent, with its strong grip on the global gaming industry and its messaging app WeChat, may start its own ride-hailing business. The firm

Tencent may enter ride-hailing business, its trademark registration information shows

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Song Jingli

Google

Chinese tech companies are rapidly catching up to their American counterparts.

Tencent second only to Google in global patent applications

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Lao Bei

Taobao

Tencent's WeChat messenger is famous for limiting the way it lets its users share links to content on competing platforms.

A Chinese lawyer challenges Tencent over anti-monopoly law

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

Medtech

doctors

Medical

Tencent Trusted Doctors will improve its online platform to improve communication between patients and doctors, expand in medicine e-commerce and internet hospitals.

Tencent Trusted Doctors raises USD 250 million, bringing valuation past USD 1 billion

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

Argentina

Uala

Tencent is taking a stake in Argentine mobile payment app Uala, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing Uala founder and CEO Pierpaolo Barbieri. The equity

Tencent invests in Argentina's mobile payment startup Uala

Tencent invests in Argentina&#8217;s mobile payment startup Uala

Beike

Real estate

Can newcomer Beike dethrone Fang.com as China's top online property portal?

Tencent-backed real estate platform Beike announces ambitious growth plans amid legal row with rival

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

Gaming

parental controls

It's a development beyond the digital parental lock introduced last month.

Tencent pilots new anti-game addiction program that will lock out young gamers

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Luna Lin

Pony Ma

The product is similar to Google Documents

Tencent's document collaboration tool gained 30 million users within one year of launch

Tencent&#8217;s document collaboration tool gained 30 million users within one year of launch

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

Entertainment

Nintendo

This could be the first step toward a tighter partnership between the two video game companies.