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

E-commerce

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

On-demand Services

Latin America

As cross-border ambitions grow, Chinese firms in Mexico must navigate a patchwork of challenges—from lost freight to language barriers.

In Mexico, China’s e-commerce giants hit both stride and snags | KrASIA

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In Mexico, China’s e-commerce giants hit both stride and snags

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

KrASIA

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

ByteDance

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

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

East Asia

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

Creative

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

A spin-off could follow, but for now, ByteDance is trading moonshots for methodical growth—and Moonton may come out on top.

ByteDance plots new game plan with rumored Nuverse-Moonton merger | KrASIA

ByteDance plots new game plan with rumored Nuverse-Moonton merger

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How are electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft transforming aviation and urban mobility? Explore how air taxis could redefine travel.

eVTOLs

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

From Hefei to hangars across Southeast Asia, ZeroG is betting that made-in-China aircraft will be ready when low-altitude airspace finally opens.

One startup, three aircraft, and China’s plan to fill the skies | KrASIA

One startup, three aircraft, and China’s plan to fill the skies

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

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence | KrASIA Archives

Deep Tech

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

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

Xiaomi

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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How do connected devices shape daily life? Examine IoT sensors, data platforms, and security protocols integrating smart tech into homes and cities.

Internet of Things

rhino

Smart Cities

Alibaba's newest C2M platform, Rhino, is set to enable new brands and SMEs looking to crack the e-commerce market.

Roadmap to Fast Fashion: Alibaba's Wu Xuegang introduces Rhino Smart Manufacturing | KrASIA

Roadmap to Fast Fashion: Alibaba&#8217;s Wu Xuegang introduces Rhino Smart Manufacturing

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Lin Lingyi

How do machines identify faces? Examine security measures, privacy debates, and tech frameworks driving facial recognition adoption.

Facial Recognition

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

Venture Capital

The round comes as the Chinese government calls on enterprises to develop their own core technologies.

AI chip firm Yuntian Lifei scores USD 147 million from state funds | KrASIA

AI chip firm Yuntian Lifei scores USD 147 million from state funds

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Song Jingli

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

Autonomous Vehicles

Asia's Innovation Resource Platform

The first installment of AIRP (Asia's Innovation Resource Platform) contained a fruitful discussion between ST Engineering and up-and-coming players in China's tech ecosystem.

AIRP Exchange Series 1: ST Engineering seeks cross-border partners | KrASIA

AIRP Exchange Series 1: ST Engineering seeks cross-border partners

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AIRP

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

Enterprise Services

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The startup uses AI and IoT to automate hotels' energy systems, helping them save up to 30% in energy bills.

SensorFlow utilizes cleantech to help hotels stay afloat during COVID-19: Startup Stories | KrASIA

SensorFlow utilizes cleantech to help hotels stay afloat during COVID-19: Startup Stories

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Yin Lin Tan

Baidu's new interactive chatbot is the latest move to engage users amid fierce competition from social apps.

Baidu introduces chatbot with emotional intelligence, along with more AI upgrades | KrASIA

Baidu introduces chatbot with emotional intelligence, along with more AI upgrades

What sets the world’s soundtrack? Follow streaming royalties, label strategies, and genre shifts guiding the global music industry’s rhythm.

Music

Co-founder and CEO of Musiio, Hazel Savage provides advice on how to manage working in a startup in the face of challenges brought on by COVID-19.

Resilience, adaptability and good lighting: How Musiio has kept the lights on (literally) through COVID-19 | KrASIA

Resilience, adaptability and good lighting: How Musiio has kept the lights on (literally) through COVID-19

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Hazel Savage

Number of people who tried Baidu's driverless car: 100,000

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

Founder and CEO of Baidu says that AI will alleviate China's traffic congestion in 10 years.

KEY STAT | Baidu looks to reduce Chinese city traffic congestion with self-driving technologies | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Baidu looks to reduce Chinese city traffic congestion with self-driving technologies

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Julianna Wu

Q&amp;A

The data expert provides insights into her career path in AI, as well as how AI is being used to build a comprehensive and empathetic understanding of human beings.

Charlotte Brunquet, Quilt.AI senior data scientist, speaks on prioritizing ethics and humanity in artificial intelligence | KrASIA

Charlotte Brunquet, Quilt.AI senior data scientist, speaks on prioritizing ethics and humanity in artificial intelligence

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