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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

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

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

Creative

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

Music

After four aborted IPO attempts and a brief return to profitability, Ximalaya is being absorbed by Tencent.

Ximalaya’s swan song plays out in a USD 2.9 billion Tencent buyout

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. 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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What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

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

Hardware

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

While robots grab the spotlight, component makers like ZeroErr are quietly benefiting from the surge in demand.

Behind the robotics boom, ZeroErr raises funds to build the parts that power it

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

Artificial Intelligence

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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

Investments are expected for sectors including construction materials, home appliance, artificial intelligence, and Internet of Things.

CHINA BRIEF | China's top property developer raises USD 215 million to revamp traditional construction sector

CHINA BRIEF | China&#8217;s top property developer raises USD 215 million to revamp traditional construction sector

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Song Jingli

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

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

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Tencent's move to entirely acquire Sogou represents a shift in China's internet landscape.

Why is Tencent making a move to buy search engine Sogou?

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Lin Lingyi

How do trustless ledgers transform industries? Investigate decentralized databases, smart contracts, and infrastructure powering secure transactions.

Blockchain

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

Venture Capital

Artificial Intelligence startups have grown significantly in Singapore over the last few years. Many startups have received initial rounds of investments, but have been unable to convert it into productive tangible outcomes, and the market outlook cannot support further growth.

Startup Country Guide: Singapore

Startup Universal is a content website covering emerging startup ecosystems across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe. We work directly with top local investors &amp; founders in emerging ecosystems to develop global startup insights in the form of country guides, database of local resources, and curated news articles. You can think of Startup Universal as the Wikipedia of global startup ecosystems--a centralized and foundational information source.

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With over 220 engineers in tow, SandStar provides “Smart Kiosk” and “Smart Store” analytics, which have been adopted in 12 countries and regions around the world.

AI startup SandStar notches funding from Thai conglomerate in Series B+ round

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Ursula Florene

Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance all covet Baidu's search business.

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba's intelligent search app Quark releases content product ZVideo

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba&#8217;s intelligent search app Quark releases content product ZVideo

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

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

Short Video

Wei-Ying Ma will join an institute being founded by Baidu's former president Zhang Yaqin inside the Tsinghua University.

ByteDance's top AI scientist resigns amid TikTok's global setbacks

ByteDance&#8217;s top AI scientist resigns amid TikTok&#8217;s global setbacks

Industrial drones will help humans to perform dangerous tasks.

Autonomous industrial drones to reach where humans can't: Inside China’s Startups

Autonomous industrial drones to reach where humans can&#8217;t: Inside China’s Startups

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

Consumer Economy

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

E-commerce

The hardware will be based on Alibaba's XuanTie processors.

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba teams up with Allwinner to produce 50 million chips

In July 2020, Mobileye announced that Germany’s independent technical service provider, TÜV Süd, had awarded it an automated vehicle testing permit. It allows the company to drive its test vehicles in real-world traffic on all German roads at speeds up to 130 kilometers per hour. Mobileye is starting testing in Munich and also plans testing in other parts of Germany. Courtesy of Mobileye via NoCamels.

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

Autonomous Vehicles

The tests will begin in and around Munich with plans to expand to other areas.

Mobileye to test autonomous vehicles in Germany on path toward driverless future

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Artificial Intelligence

CHINA BRIEF | China’s top property developer raises USD 215 million to revamp traditional construction sector

Why is Tencent making a move to buy search engine Sogou?

Startup Country Guide: Singapore

AI startup SandStar notches funding from Thai conglomerate in Series B+ round

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba’s intelligent search app Quark releases content product ZVideo

ByteDance’s top AI scientist resigns amid TikTok’s global setbacks

Autonomous industrial drones to reach where humans can’t: Inside China’s Startups

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba teams up with Allwinner to produce 50 million chips

Mobileye to test autonomous vehicles in Germany on path toward driverless future

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