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

Consumer Economy

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

Retail

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HotMaxx rolls out supersized outlets following success with near-expiry snacks and beverages.

Chinese discount retailer grows as demand rises for affordable goods

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

Blockchain

Where do digital assets find value? Consider market volatility, decentralized exchanges, and blockchain protocols shaping crypto economies.

Cryptocurrencies

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

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

Payments

Hong Kong

With new regulations set to take effect in August, firms are converging on Hong Kong to test digital currencies as a fix for slow, costly cross-border transactions.

Can stablecoins displace the old guard in cross-border finance?

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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Haagen-Dazs must reinvent itself in China or weigh an exit as it contends with fierce competition, narrow margins, and cautious consumer spending.

Once a luxury indulgence, Haagen-Dazs faces an identity crisis in China

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

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence | KrASIA

Deep Tech

While we limit face-to-face encounters with other people, tech that incorporates human speech preserves the human touch.

The advent of voice-enabled tech amid social distancing: Tech Culture

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Surabhi Pandey

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).

WeChat, Tencent’s superapp, combines messaging, social media, mobile payments, and mini-programs, streamlining daily tasks for over a billion users.

WeChat

Weishi, Tencent’s short video platform, invites users to create, share, and discover trending clips in a mobile-friendly environment.

Weishi

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

Autonomous Vehicles

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

Entertainment

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

Hardware

Bytedance is a latecomer in the IoV sector filled with players including Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu.

ByteDance steers into automobile sector with plans to integrate Douyin and Toutiao into cars

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Song Jingli

Aizen's mission is to redesign digital banking with automated machine learning technology.

South Korean AI startup Aizen nets USD 4.2 million to expand in Southeast Asia

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Tech in Asia

Visual Stories

Boasting clients like Bank of China and Shanghai Pudong Airport, CloudWalk secured fresh funding from state-backed funds.

KEY STAT | Chinese facial recognition unicorn aims for Star Market IPO

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Julianna Wu

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

Huawei

Data Grand develops tech that can partially replace humans in a variety of tasks including data comparison and analysis and document reading.

CHINA BRIEF | AI startup Data Grand closes USD 38 million Series B+ round

Chinese indie gamer uses neural networks to upscale grainy black-and-white footage to 60fps.

AI brings color to 100-year-old video of old Beijing

Dior Skin ID analyses Meitu Xiuxiu users' face to recommend them the right Dior skincare products.

CHINA BRIEF | Dior unveils AI skin-testing tool on Meitu app to boost sales

By late 2019, Huawei accounted for 13% to 15% of TSMC’s sales.

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba ramping up TSMC orders as Huawei moves to mainland for chips

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

What medical tools shape care delivery? Assess medical devices, diagnostics, and digital services refining patient treatment.

Medtech

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

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

Venture Capital

The Shanghai-based company develops robots to assist patients recover after mobility-related injuries.