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

Xiaomi

Xiaomi | KrASIA Archives

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

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

Artificial Intelligence

Baidu denied reports that it is spinning off the unit and declined to comment on a potential listing of Xiaodu.

Baidu's voice AI unit Xiaodu raises funds independently, valued at USD 2.9 billion | KrASIA

Baidu&#8217;s voice AI unit Xiaodu raises funds independently, valued at USD 2.9 billion

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

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

Apple

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

East Asia

Oppo, a Chinese smartphone producer, emphasizes advanced camera features, sleek designs, and immersive audiovisual experiences.

Oppo

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.

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

Smartphones

Samsung led the premium smartphone segment with a 37% market share in the first half of 2020.

Samsung and OnePlus gear up for a fight as competition intensifies in India's premium smartphone segment | KrASIA

Samsung and OnePlus gear up for a fight as competition intensifies in India&#8217;s premium smartphone segment

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

Huawei

How does information move at light speed? Review 5G rollouts, fiber networks, and connectivity standards advancing global communication.

Telecommunications

As of tomorrow the Chinese champion will be cut off from its suppliers.

Huawei enters a new world: How the US ban will affect global tech | KrASIA

Huawei enters a new world: How the US ban will affect global tech

Samsung's India market share rose by 10 percentage points to 26%, while Xiaomi slid 1 percentage point to 29% in Q2.

Samsung's sprint to reclaim its lost crown from Xiaomi in India | KrASIA

Samsung&#8217;s sprint to reclaim its lost crown from Xiaomi in India

Chinese smartphone makers took a larger share of the local market in Q2 2020 than ever before.

Vivo beats Samsung to become top-selling phone brand in Indonesia | KrASIA

Vivo beats Samsung to become top-selling phone brand in Indonesia

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Ursula Florene

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

Entertainment

Apple's market share dropped from Q4 2019's 41% to Q2 2020's 35%.

Budget Chinese wireless earbuds erode Apple Airpod dominance | KrASIA

Budget Chinese wireless earbuds erode Apple Airpod dominance

Xiaomi’s second-quarter revenue reached USD 7.7 billion, up 3.1% from a year ago, on the back of strong premium smartphone sales.

Xiaomi seeks further growth in overseas markets despite rising geopolitical tensions | KrASIA

Xiaomi seeks further growth in overseas markets despite rising geopolitical tensions

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South China Morning Post

Oppo, the world's fifth largest smartphone vendor, has seen sales drop 15.9% year-on-year in the second quarter to 28 million. 

CHINA BRIEF | Oppo partners with Mexican telecom giant América Móvil, expanding in Latin America | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Oppo partners with Mexican telecom giant América Móvil, expanding in Latin America

While Huawei's sales also declined year-over-year, it experienced 27.4% quarterly growth, moving it into a virtual tie with Samsung for the place of world's top smartphone manufacturer.

Global smartphone sales drop 20% in Q2: Report | KrASIA

Global smartphone sales drop 20% in Q2: Report

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