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

Consumer Services

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

Once a leader in textile innovation, Uniqlo is struggling to keep pace with shifting consumer demands.

Is Uniqlo still an innovator? The fast fashion giant faces a new tech reset | KrASIA

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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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Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

Discover how Japan’s advanced manufacturing, robotics, and consumer electronics brands drive global technology trends.

Toyota, a Japanese automaker, produces a wide range of vehicles, focusing on reliability, efficiency, and innovation in mobility.

Toyota

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

Toyota is banking on a leadership shake-up and a streamlined product lineup to regain its footing in China.

Toyota shakes up its China strategy as sales slip | KrASIA

Toyota shakes up its China strategy as sales slip

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

Artificial Intelligence

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

DeepSeek's low-cost chatbot has shaken markets.

What is AI distillation and what does it mean for OpenAI? | KrASIA

What is AI distillation and what does it mean for OpenAI?

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Nikkei Asia

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

Xiaomi

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

What fits the world in your pocket? Track device innovation, OS ecosystems, and connectivity shaping smartphone usage.

Smartphones

Xiaomi is transforming into a high-end smartphone brand to compete with Apple. Xiaomi hopes its premium offerings will propel it to new heights.

Xiaomi is transforming into a high-end smartphone brand to compete with Apple | KrASIA

Xiaomi is transforming into a high-end smartphone brand to compete with Apple

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Jiaxing Li

How are driverless systems redefining mobility? Uncover sensor technologies, regulatory frameworks, and AI driving cars without human intervention.

Autonomous Vehicles

What powers digital devices? Delve into chip design, manufacturing bottlenecks, and semiconductor breakthroughs fueling global electronics.

Semiconductors

Xiaomi revenue stagnates in Q3 amid global chip shortage. Major smartphone vendors have trimmed production targets for the next quarter.

Xiaomi revenue stagnates in Q3 amid global chip shortage | KrASIA

Xiaomi revenue stagnates in Q3 amid global chip shortage

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

Ant Group

Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

Meituan, China’s all-in-one local services platform, covers food delivery, travel bookings, and lifestyle deals, simplifying daily consumer choices.

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

Tencent

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

Fintech

How do policies adjust to a data-rich world? Explore usage-based coverage, automated claims, and analytics guiding risk assessment.

Insurance

Didi halts mutual aid service as China tightens fintech regulations. Major mutual aid platforms have been suspended as regulators rein in tech firms.

Didi suspends mutual aid service as China tightens fintech regulations | KrASIA

Didi suspends mutual aid service as China tightens fintech regulations

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Chinese smartphone maker assembled workforce out of 20,000 applicants.

Xiaomi CEO takes charge of new EV unit, leading team of 300 | KrASIA

Xiaomi CEO takes charge of new EV unit, leading team of 300

Xiaomi's core smartphone business is humming in Q2 along as the company invests in its EV business by acquiring self-driving startup Deepmotion.

Xiaomi posts strong Q2 results revealing acquisition of autonomous driving startup Deepmotion | KrASIA

Xiaomi posts strong Q2 results revealing acquisition of autonomous driving startup Deepmotion

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AJ Cortese

Apple designs iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers, coupling sleek hardware with robust software ecosystems and service offerings.

Apple

Samsung, a South Korean electronics giant, offers smartphones, smart TVs, home appliances, and semiconductors driving novel consumer experiences.

Samsung

South Korea’s tech ecosystem features top electronics firms, world-class mobile technology, and platforms advancing global digital culture.

Xiaomi is now the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer. After surpassing Apple in Q2, Xiaomi overcame Samsung in June.

Xiaomi is now the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer, here’s how it got there | KrASIA

Xiaomi is now the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer, here’s how it got there

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Simone Martin

Indonesia

Xiaomi is the best-selling Android smartphone brand in Indonesia, IDC report says. Overall sales for smartphones grew 49% compared to Q2 last year.

Xiaomi is the best-selling Android smartphone brand in Indonesia, IDC report says | KrASIA

Xiaomi is the best-selling Android smartphone brand in Indonesia, IDC report says

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Khamila Mulia

Xiaomi eyes top global smartphone status within 3 years. Founder and CEO Lei Jun set a target for his company to surpass Samsung.

Xiaomi eyes top global smartphone status within 3 years | KrASIA

Xiaomi eyes top global smartphone status within 3 years

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Mengyuan Ge

What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

Hardware

Xiaomi surpasses Apple to become world’s second largest smartphone brand as the company ramps up its presence in Europe, Africa, and Latin America.

Xiaomi surpasses Apple to become world’s second largest smartphone brand | KrASIA

Xiaomi surpasses Apple to become world’s second largest smartphone brand

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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