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

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

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StairMed’s co-founders foresee BCI technology enabling unprecedented forms of human-machine interaction.

How far are brain-computer interfaces from restoring and extending human ability?

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

Autonomous Vehicles

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

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

With operations in 170 cities nationwide, the startup is building one of the fastest-growing autonomous delivery fleets in China.

Rino.ai raises new funding to accelerate toward mass production of autonomous cargo vans

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

Li Auto develops electric vehicles that combine smart cockpit systems, advanced safety features, and long-distance battery support.

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

Electric Vehicles

The new facility marks Li Auto’s latest move in its transformation into an “AI company.”

Li Auto builds Silicon Valley lab to chase Xpeng and others in smart driving

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

Consumer Economy

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

Smartphones

India

Record sales, rising incomes, and expanding local production are turning India into Apple’s next major market after China.

iPhone 17 launch ignites frenzy in India as Apple’s “next China” takes shape

Dreame

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

Hardware

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

Retail

The electronics maker is expanding in sales and R&D, targeting young talent drawn to its culture of openness, agility, and results.

Dreame kicks off 2025 recruitment drive as workforce tops 20,000

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

Creative

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

Entertainment

Hitcard has the task of convincing investors that trading cards are more than child’s play.

Can Hitcard become China’s first listed trading card brand?

Europe

The company hopes to win fans with the Bose tie-up but faces rivals like Anker and QCY.

Chinese electronics manufacturer Baseus wants to be number one in Europe

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

Steady price hikes have moved Xiaomi from budget disruptor to high-end challenger, with its latest release positioned squarely against the iPhone 17.

Xiaomi closes the gap with Apple as 17 series enters same price band

Pop Mart, a Chinese company, designs and sells toys, figurines, and collectibles, primarily in a blind box format.

Beijing, long accused of a lax attitude toward counterfeits, has seen its soft power grow.

China battles Labubu fakes in role reversal on IP protection

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

Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, showcases locally popular short videos, influencer content, and creative challenges optimized for China’s market.

Douyin

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

Ocean Engine has been folded into Douyin E-commerce as part of the move.

Douyin reshapes strategy to cut merchant costs as GMV grows

With ten million units sold, Hanvon Ugee’s XPPen has grown into the world’s second largest seller of pen displays.

XPPen’s steady hand: How the Chinese pen display brand became Wacom’s main rival

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

Taobao, Alibaba’s consumer-to-consumer marketplace, connects Chinese shoppers with diverse products, from fashion and electronics to everyday essentials.

Taobao

Tmall, Alibaba’s B2C platform, hosts premium brands and official stores, offering authenticated products to Chinese consumers seeking quality goods.

Tmall

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

The service aims to drive traffic to merchants while giving diners more choice.