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

How do policies adjust to a data-rich world? Explore usage-based coverage, automated claims, and analytics guiding risk assessment.

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The insurer is ramping up investments even as earnings weaken and its shares trade at a discount to peers.

Ping An’s equity spree faces investor doubts as profits fall

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

Consumer Economy

When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

With Haidilao and Xiabu Xiabu trading at depressed valuations, Banu’s listing faces questions over growth, governance, and consumer demand.

Banu’s Hong Kong IPO runs into weak investor appetite for hotpot chains

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

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

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

CEO William Li says the EV maker is emerging from a crisis deeper than in 2019, but now has the maturity to weather it.

After hard lessons, Nio’s latest quarter puts it on track to first profit

Embodied Intelligence

KrASIA tracks China’s tech and business stories, alongside key developments across the broader Asia Pacific region.

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

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

As startups slash prices to undercut competitors, the humanoid robotics market faces challenges in balancing costs, functionality, and investor demands.

Humanoid robots are getting cheaper—can affordability drive adoption?

CATL manufactures batteries that power electric vehicles, energy storage, and renewable energy infrastructures globally.

CATL

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

Humanoid robots take center stage in CATL’s push to expand its horizons and evolve past its identity as a battery powerhouse.

CATL bets big on robotics as it looks beyond batteries

Spirit AI, backed by CATL co-founder Li Ping, believes its humanoid robots can help cut automakers’ labor costs.

Inside Spirit AI’s quest to deploy humanoid robots in automotive factories

Mass production of humanoid robots is closer than ever, says Gu Jie, founder and CEO of Fourier Intelligence.

Fourier Intelligence’s founder breaks down what’s next for humanoid robots

A record number of humanoid robots stole the spotlight at the 2024 World Robot Conference, showcasing cutting-edge innovations in robotics.

Humanoid robots take center stage at Beijing’s 2024 World Robot Conference

Agibot

Founder Zhi Huijun had plenty to unpack in an hour-long reveal of Agibot’s five new humanoid robots.

Agibot unveils five humanoid robots, commercialization on the horizon

Keenon Robotics' COO discusses how Chinese companies are driving the global rise of service robots.

From Shanghai to the world: Keenon Robotics leads the global expansion of Chinese service robots

From its sleek exoskeleton design to advanced AI integration, Figure 02 marks a significant leap in humanoid robot technology.

Is Figure 02 the most powerful humanoid robot yet?

Transitioning from the lab to market is key for humanoid robots, with automaking identified as the most viable path to commercialization.