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

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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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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?

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

How do virtual worlds expand reality? Discover AR/VR tools, content creation, and platforms layering digital information onto everyday life.

Augmented and Virtual Reality

Augmented and Virtual Reality | KrASIA Archives

India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

India

Reliance drives digital retail, telecommunication services, and entertainment offerings, shaping India’s consumer and connectivity environment.

Reliance

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

Gaming

Krikey marks Reliance Jio's first investment in gaming segment.

Reliance Jio invests in AR gaming startup Krikey | KrASIA

Reliance Jio invests in AR gaming startup Krikey

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

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

Tencent

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

Entertainment

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

Live Streaming

VSPN's lofty ambitions are riding on the popularity of e-sports among young people worldwide.

This Tencent-backed firm wants to dominate global e-sports events: Inside China’s Startups | KrASIA

This Tencent-backed firm wants to dominate global e-sports events: Inside China’s Startups

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Song Jingli

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

Oppo

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

Creative

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

Smartphones

Oppo’s latest release follows Xiaomi's wraparound display and Huawei's foldable display.

Oppo debuts concept smartphone with expandable display | KrASIA

Oppo debuts concept smartphone with expandable display

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

Q&amp;A

In its attempt to increase user base in the country, Snapchat has made several localized partnerships including the Hindi-version of its popular Snap Original, Phone Swap.

'We're building culturally and locally relevant experience for India' | Q&A with Snapchat's Durgesh Kaushik | KrASIA

&#8216;We&#8217;re building culturally and locally relevant experience for India&#8217; | Q&#038;A with Snapchat&#8217;s Durgesh Kaushik

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Avanish Tiwary

Flipkart, a prominent Indian e-commerce marketplace, hosts electronics, fashion, and home goods with fast shipping and easy returns.

Flipkart

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

E-commerce

Earlier this month, the e-tailer acquired local gaming startup Mech Mocha and invested in fashion firm Universal Sportsbiz.

Flipkart's acquisition of augmented reality startup Scapic aimed at enhancing customer experience | KrASIA

Flipkart&#8217;s acquisition of augmented reality startup Scapic aimed at enhancing customer experience

Paronym closes USD 6.5 million Series B round

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

Video

Paronym offers a SaaS platform named TIG, which allows users to tag info onto objects in videos.

Japanese startup Paronym closes USD 6.5 million Series B round to expand presence in Thailand | KrASIA

Japanese startup Paronym closes USD 6.5 million Series B round to expand presence in Thailand

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Stephanie Li

India is Snapchat’s largest market outside the US, with about 33.8 million users.

Snapchat to ramp up investments in India | KrASIA

Snapchat to ramp up investments in India

Avataar is a B2B2C company that works with enterprises to help them create 3D and life-size versions of two-dimensional images.

Sequoia India writes USD 7 million check for augmented reality startup Avataar.me | KrASIA

Sequoia India writes USD 7 million check for augmented reality startup Avataar.me

What drives digital education adoption? Analyze e-learning apps, AI-driven assessments, and tools enhancing student engagement.

Edtech

What revolutionizes mealtimes? Investigate alternative proteins, supply chain tracking, and delivery services fueling the future of food.

Food Tech

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

Medtech

12 Singaporean startups are getting ready for their next step into Vietnam.

A new adventure begins for Singaporean startups in Vietnam | KrASIA

A new adventure begins for Singaporean startups in Vietnam

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