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

China

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

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

Africa

The Chinese carmaker is targeting the UK as it looks to expand into advanced and middle-income markets.

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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Nikkei Asia

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

Deep Tech

Embodied Intelligence

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

Robotics

Founder Zhang Wei sees 2026 as the first year of real deployment, not a downturn, for humanoid robots.

LimX Dynamics founder says embodied intelligence is just getting started, despite bubble concerns

Cheng Zi is based in China, covering technology- and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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Cheng Zi

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

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

Artificial Intelligence

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

The chatbot is providing real-time interpretation for two exhibitions featuring works from the Louvre and Picasso.

ByteDance’s Doubao turns from chatbot to docent at Shanghai art museum

Entertainment | KrASIA

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

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

Live Streaming

What sets the world’s soundtrack? Follow streaming royalties, label strategies, and genre shifts guiding the global music industry’s rhythm.

Music

coronavirus

Tencent aims to capitalize on the downturn in the offline music entertainment market by transitioning artists to livestreaming with new app Fanlive.

Tencent's QQ Music to release standalone music livestreaming app

Tencent&#8217;s QQ Music to release standalone music livestreaming app

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

Douyin

Movies

Chinese version of TikTok now offers dozens of free films, including The Last Emperor, Farewell My Concubine and The Great Wall.

Douyin is turning into a movie streaming platform

Kuaishou, best known for its short video platform, drives user-generated content, influencer marketing, and community engagement through shareable clips.

Kuaishou

Apps

Farms, models, news clips, vlogs, and more. There's something for everyone in China's short-video app industry.

The top Chinese short-video apps in 2020 vying to grab your attention with fast content

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

Gaming

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

Hardware

How does information move at light speed? Review 5G rollouts, fiber networks, and connectivity standards advancing global communication.

Telecommunications

Experts say social activities and entertainment in VR will be more attractive in the long term as people are stuck at home curing the COVID-19 pandemic.

Will the pandemic give a boost to virtual reality?

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

Visual Stories

Last Sunday, on average, theaters in China had less than one person for each screened movie.

KEY STAT | Cinemas in China slowly reopen, but customers are staying at home

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Julianna Wu

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

Augmented and Virtual Reality

The company is now producing a VR documentary where many creators across China show their lives amid the coronavirus outbreak.

VR to disrupt entertainment as we know it, says VeeR VR founder: Inside China’s Startups

Airbnb connects travelers with unique short-term rentals, from city apartments to countryside retreats, worldwide.

Airbnb

What drives global exploration? Discover evolving tourism trends, hospitality services, and the shift toward personalized travel experiences.

Travel

China's largest aggregator, Trip.com, forecasted its revenues to drop 45% to 50% YoY in the first quarter of 2020.

Coronavirus spurs somber outlook for online travel companies

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Sun Henan

Bilibili, an online entertainment platform, features anime, gaming videos, live streams, and interactive communities appealing to younger audiences.

Bilibili

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

Video

The company expects the first quarter of 2020 to be one of the strongest first quarters yet.

Bilibili reports better-than-expected Q4 earnings results despite doubling losses

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NetEase, a Chinese Internet services firm, offers online gaming, music streaming, and e-commerce platforms, engaging millions of digital users.

NetEase

The firm also announced an expected slowdown in revenue for the first half of 2020 due to coronavirus.

Entertainment

Tencent’s QQ Music to release standalone music livestreaming app

Douyin is turning into a movie streaming platform

The top Chinese short-video apps in 2020 vying to grab your attention with fast content

Will the pandemic give a boost to virtual reality?

KEY STAT | Cinemas in China slowly reopen, but customers are staying at home

VR to disrupt entertainment as we know it, says VeeR VR founder: Inside China’s Startups

Coronavirus spurs somber outlook for online travel companies

Bilibili reports better-than-expected Q4 earnings results despite doubling losses

Tencent Music Entertainment sees profits grow as paying users rise

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