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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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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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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.

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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Keep

Keep has evolved into an ecosystem that focuses on content, covering online courses, communities, communities, offline hardware and gyms.

Deals | China's fitness app Keep seals $127M Series D round from Goldman Sachs and Tencent, foraying into the gym space

Deals | China&#8217;s fitness app Keep seals $127M Series D round from Goldman Sachs and Tencent, foraying into the gym space

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Robin Moh

All you need to know about what happened in the tech world today.

Today’s Tech Headlines: Tencent looks to list online music business in the US

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KrASIA Writers

KrASIA Weekly: Tencent Music looks to list in the U.S, not Hong Kong, where Xiaomi suffers a drastic drop in its valuations

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

Entertainment

Innovation is the heart of every successful startup – but it alone can only take you so far. Entrepreneurs with budding ideas should be on the lookout for the right exit opportunities.

Tencent kills Shazam

Momentum Works builds, scales and manages tech ventures across the emerging world, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia. We combine strategic understanding, execution experience, network of partners, and a great team to make things happen. In addition to building ventures and joint-ventures, we also consult on strategy, venture financing &amp; all areas of operations. Website: www.momentum.asia Our blog: http://thelowdown.momentum.asia/

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Tencent Music joins the IPO wave amongst Chinese tech unicorns.

Tencent Music reportedly files for US IPO soon

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

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

Venture Capital

Lucy Liu

Airwallex can now loosen its purse strings, with plans like a Southeast Asian expansion in mind

Deals | (Updated) Tencent and Sequoia-backed cross border payments firm Airwallex closes $80m Series B

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Elaine Huang

Rumor: Largest Chinese audio platform Ximalaya to raise $602m from Tencent, eyeing $7.5b HK IPO

Ximalaya FM counts HKEX-listed China Literature, Tencent’s online-literature spin-off, as a backer.

Deals | rumor: Largest Chinese audio platform Ximalaya to raise $602m from Tencent, eyeing $7.5b HK IPO

I'm Xiaochun with 36Kr Global [kri’eɪʃə], a newborn digital media with a dedication to help Asia uncover its innovations and to create.

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Xiaochun Zhao

Today’s Tech Headlines: Ofo pulls out of Australia; Malaysia regulates ride-hailing companies

Gobi Partners invests in early-stage startups across Asia, supporting founders in e-commerce, media, and SaaS industries.

Gobi Partners

SenseTime’s AI solutions power facial recognition, image processing, and autonomous driving, serving governments, enterprises, and research institutes.

SenseTime

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

Southeast Asia

Today’s Tech Headlines: Gobi Partners plans micro funds for Thailand & the Philippines;  Sensetime leads $75-million round in Helian Health

Today’s Tech Headlines: Gobi Partners plans micro funds for Thailand &#038; the Philippines;  Sensetime leads $75-million round in Helian Health

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

Enterprise Services

A recent update on its super app WeChat revealed Tencent’s ambition in advertising. On June 20, Tencent changed its WeChat official accounts updates to a feed.

Tencent

Deals | China’s fitness app Keep seals $127M Series D round from Goldman Sachs and Tencent, foraying into the gym space

Today’s Tech Headlines: Tencent looks to list online music business in the US