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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.

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

Entertainment

The company has been planning to shift some of its business operations, such as international game publishing, out of China as tensions rise between Washington and Beijing.

Tencent to set up Singapore office for international business as political concerns mount | KrASIA

Tencent to set up Singapore office for international business as political concerns mount

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

Transaction made through WeChat mini-program in 2019, USD 116 billion

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

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

E-commerce

The "apps inside WeChat" opened the e-commerce possibility for China's No.1 chatting and social media app.

KEY STAT | WeChat mini program overtakes Meituan as fourth largest transaction platform in China | KrASIA

KEY STAT | WeChat mini program overtakes Meituan as fourth largest transaction platform in China

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Julianna Wu

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

ByteDance

The move comes amid significant disruption in China's search engine industry, with Tencent buying Sogou and ByteDance releasing Toutiao Search.

WeChat adds new function to expand search engine | KrASIA

WeChat adds new function to expand search engine

WeChat and AliPay Expanding their Businesses into Canadian Universities

With COVID-19 largely under control in China, Shanghai is expanding the use of its Suishen Code to outlast the pandemic.

Shanghai adds personal ID to COVID-19 health codes, joining new functions that include mobile payments and borrowing library books | KrASIA

Shanghai adds personal ID to COVID-19 health codes, joining new functions that include mobile payments and borrowing library books

Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

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

Fintech

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

Payments

Will super apps like Grab and Gojek implement the same strategy of do-everything platforms like WeChat and Alipay?

Should Southeast Asian super apps follow the same route as their Chinese peers? | KrASIA

Should Southeast Asian super apps follow the same route as their Chinese peers?

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Ursula Florene

Huawei, a global telecom and smartphone vendor, delivers networking equipment, 5G solutions, and consumer devices integrating cutting-edge tech.

Huawei

As Chinese brands go global, regulations at home and abroad may impede their operations.

China's new restrictions on tech exports could hit more than TikTok | KrASIA

China&#8217;s new restrictions on tech exports could hit more than TikTok

JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce leader, ensures trusted transactions, efficient logistics, and a wide product selection for online shoppers.

JD.com

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

Pinduoduo

WeChat users can now submit identity and bank information to register for a store.

CHINA BRIEF | Tencent lets WeChat users open in-app shops | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Tencent lets WeChat users open in-app shops

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Song Jingli

WeChat's comment section was taken down in 2018 after a request by authorities.

CHINA BRIEF | WeChat tests Q&amp;A section in public accounts to encourage interaction | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | WeChat tests Q&amp;A section in public accounts to encourage interaction

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

Short Video

How can businesses drive positive change? Study policies, ESG strategies, and community initiatives fostering global social advancement.

Social Impact

Visual Stories

China's No.1 chatting app is anxiously putting out new features to fend off advances from local competitors.