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

Deep Tech

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

Robotics

Beijing is prioritizing the sector as a major growth engine.

Can China repeat its EV success in humanoid robots? | KrASIA

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Can China repeat its EV success in humanoid robots?

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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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

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

Consumer Services

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

Logistics

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

On-demand Services

With trade tensions rising, companies are turning to offshore structures to stay nimble—and stay in business.

As tariffs bite, exporters explore offshore trade setups | KrASIA

As tariffs bite, exporters explore offshore trade setups

I'm Xiaochun with 36Kr Global [kri’eɪʃə], a newborn digital media with a dedication to help Asia uncover its innovations and to create.

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Xiaochun Zhao

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

Creative

Where do style and commerce meet? Examine supply chains, sustainable sourcing, and digital trends influencing global fashion markets.

Fashion

A crop of Chinese handbag brands are skipping the logos and rewriting the luxury playbook, hoping design and storytelling can go where status once ruled.

Can China make its own luxury handbags—and make us believe in them? | KrASIA

Can China make its own luxury handbags—and make us believe in them?

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles | KrASIA Archives

Mobility

Transportation

Nio, a Chinese electric car maker, specializes in high-performance EVs, battery-swapping solutions, and autonomous driving technologies.

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Tesla aspirant surges over 50% on trading debut after USD 1.5 billion upsized offering.

China's EV troika marches to Wall Street as Xpeng joins listing wagon | KrASIA

China&#8217;s EV troika marches to Wall Street as Xpeng joins listing wagon

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

Xpeng, the third US-listed Chinese EV manufacturer after Li Auto and NIO, raised about USD 1.5 billion in its IPO.

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba-backed EV maker Xpeng soars 41.5% on NYSE debut | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba-backed EV maker Xpeng soars 41.5% on NYSE debut

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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

New proceeds could be used for research and development in autonomous driving technologies and global market development.

CHINA BRIEF | EV maker Nio to raise USD 1.7 billion via new share offering | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | EV maker Nio to raise USD 1.7 billion via new share offering

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

Venture Capital

The EV maker plans to enlarge its on-duty staff to 200 in the coming two weeks.

After devastating setbacks, EV maker Byton shows signs of resuming operations | KrASIA

After devastating setbacks, EV maker Byton shows signs of resuming operations

The biggest investments in China of the decade

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

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

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

ByteDance

Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

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

Tencent

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

Artificial Intelligence

How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

Visual Stories

The paradox of big guys getting big cheques hands-down while financing in general is getting harder to come by in China.

TECH PANO | Ten prime years of primary market investment in China | KrASIA

TECH PANO | Ten prime years of primary market investment in China

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Julianna Wu

How do we store tomorrow’s power? Evaluate battery R&amp;D, manufacturing progress, and recycling strategies fueling energy independence.

Batteries

Instead of paying for the battery, EV buyers disburse a monthly subscription fee of RMB 980 (USD 141) to lease a 70 kWh battery package.

Nio launches battery-as-a-service model, asset company with CATL | KrASIA

Nio launches battery-as-a-service model, asset company with CATL

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Gozde Celik

EV maker Xpeng to file an IPO worth for USD 1 billion

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Tesla's China rivals are rushing to the public market to beef up their armories.

KEY STAT | China's EV maker Xpeng reportedly filing for US IPO | KrASIA

KEY STAT | China&#8217;s EV maker Xpeng reportedly filing for US IPO

Teo Hock Seng, executive chairman of Hyundai distributor Komoco Motors told The Straits Times that 30,000 electric cars will be produced in Singapore.

Hyundai to set up electric car manufacturing plant in Singapore, will create "hundreds of jobs" | KrASIA

Hyundai to set up electric car manufacturing plant in Singapore, will create &#8220;hundreds of jobs&#8221;

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Vulcan Post

Pinduoduo revolutionizes e-commerce with social group buying, connecting budget-conscious shoppers to discounts on a broad range of products.

Pinduoduo

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

E-commerce

Tesla claimed that Pinduoduo's discounted sale violated the company's policy that prohibits reselling.

Dispute between Tesla and Pinduoduo intensifies as car maker refuses to deliver vehicles to platform's customers | KrASIA

Dispute between Tesla and Pinduoduo intensifies as car maker refuses to deliver vehicles to platform&#8217;s customers

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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Electric Vehicles

China’s EV troika marches to Wall Street as Xpeng joins listing wagon

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba-backed EV maker Xpeng soars 41.5% on NYSE debut

CHINA BRIEF | EV maker Nio to raise USD 1.7 billion via new share offering

After devastating setbacks, EV maker Byton shows signs of resuming operations

TECH PANO | Ten prime years of primary market investment in China

Nio launches battery-as-a-service model, asset company with CATL

KEY STAT | China’s EV maker Xpeng reportedly filing for US IPO

Hyundai to set up electric car manufacturing plant in Singapore, will create “hundreds of jobs”

Dispute between Tesla and Pinduoduo intensifies as car maker refuses to deliver vehicles to platform’s customers

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