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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.

Robotics

Beijing is prioritizing the sector as a major growth engine.

Can China repeat its EV success in humanoid robots? | KrASIA

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Can China repeat its EV success in humanoid robots?

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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

Consumer Services

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

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

On-demand Services

With trade tensions rising, companies are turning to offshore structures to stay nimble—and stay in business.

As tariffs bite, exporters explore offshore trade setups | KrASIA

As tariffs bite, exporters explore offshore trade setups

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

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

Creative

Where do style and commerce meet? Examine supply chains, sustainable sourcing, and digital trends influencing global fashion markets.

Fashion

A crop of Chinese handbag brands are skipping the logos and rewriting the luxury playbook, hoping design and storytelling can go where status once ruled.

Can China make its own luxury handbags—and make us believe in them? | KrASIA

Can China make its own luxury handbags—and make us believe in them?

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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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

WeChat | KrASIA Archives

Tencent

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

The employee who allegedly sabotaged the company's data has been detained by the police.

Sabotage against China's largest WeChat SaaS provider impacts millions of merchants | KrASIA

Sabotage against China&#8217;s largest WeChat SaaS provider impacts millions of merchants

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

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

Brands must keep up with the expectations of consumers whose habits are changing.

How WeChat, TikTok, and Chinese consumers are disrupting and personalizing luxury | KrASIA

How WeChat, TikTok, and Chinese consumers are disrupting and personalizing luxury

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ByteDance, a Chinese internet company, uses machine learning to recommend engaging videos, news, and social content (via TikTok and Douyin).

ByteDance

Rampant rumors about the novel coronavirus spread on Chinese social media, causing panic.

How WeChat and Weibo fight coronavirus fake news | KrASIA

How WeChat and Weibo fight coronavirus fake news

Kuaishou, best known for its short video platform, drives user-generated content, influencer marketing, and community engagement through shareable clips.

Kuaishou

Weishi, Tencent’s short video platform, invites users to create, share, and discover trending clips in a mobile-friendly environment.

Weishi

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

Short Video

The move comes after WeChat founder's Allen Zhang announced a string of new upcoming features two weeks ago.

WeChat tests short-form content as short-video apps gain popularity | KrASIA

WeChat tests short-form content as short-video apps gain popularity

The desktop version provides 20Gb of free cloud storage.

ByteDance brings Flipchat to PC, again challenging Tencent in social messaging | KrASIA

ByteDance brings Flipchat to PC, again challenging Tencent in social messaging

Content creators can charge as much as USD 30 for original content.

WeChat launches paywall to drive revenue to content creators | KrASIA

WeChat launches paywall to drive revenue to content creators

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

Live Streaming

KrASIA attended Tencent's WeChat annual flagship conference in Guangzhou.

WeChat to enhance short-form content on its platform, says creator Allen Zhang | KrASIA

WeChat to enhance short-form content on its platform, says creator Allen Zhang

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Currently, merchants have to offer different codes for each payment service.

Tencent and state-owned UnionPay to merge QR code systems for mobile payments in China | KrASIA

Tencent and state-owned UnionPay to merge QR code systems for mobile payments in China

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Videos

Can these lightweight mini programs replace traditional app stores?

Mini programs are now a big thing in China. So what exactly are they? | KrASIA

Mini programs are now a big thing in China. So what exactly are they?

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