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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

KrASIA

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

Entertainment

Entertainment | KrASIA Archives

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

Live Streaming

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

Tencent tries to curb the expansion of rivals like ByteDance and Kuaishou.

Tencent folds game live-streaming investees Huya and Douyu under one roof to avoid sibling rivalry | KrASIA

Tencent folds game live-streaming investees Huya and Douyu under one roof to avoid sibling rivalry

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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Changyou's shares have risen 54.73% to USD 9.16 at pre-market trading hours.

Loss-making Sohu plans to privatize US-listed game developer Changyou | KrASIA

Loss-making Sohu plans to privatize US-listed game developer Changyou

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Song Jingli

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

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

Tencent

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

Fintech

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

Gaming

GoGames builds upon Gojek's previous entry into mobile gaming through its payments portal.

Gojek launches GoGames, bringing full ecosystem to Indonesia’s mobile game industry | KrASIA

Gojek launches GoGames, bringing full ecosystem to Indonesia’s mobile game industry

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Cindy Silviana

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After a botched IPO, M17 is carving out its niche as a B2B live streaming platform.

M17's Joseph Phua on Asia's diversifying live streaming landscape | KrASIA

M17&#8217;s Joseph Phua on Asia&#8217;s diversifying live streaming landscape

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Nadine Freischlad

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

E-commerce

Ideosource is shifting more attention to the film and entertainment industry.

Indonesia’s Kresna Investama backs Ideo, a film fund associated with VC firm Ideosource | KrASIA

Indonesia’s Kresna Investama backs Ideo, a film fund associated with VC firm Ideosource

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

The company celebrated its 10-year anniversary in June.

Bilibili fails to prevent wider losses in Q2, even with new support from Alibaba | KrASIA

Bilibili fails to prevent wider losses in Q2, even with new support from Alibaba

The Chinese social platform recorded a 32% growth in second-quarter revenues.

World's fastest-growing company Momo reports a drop in net profit in Q2 | KrASIA

World&#8217;s fastest-growing company Momo reports a drop in net profit in Q2

It is the most popular app among those born in the 2000s, according to a research firm.

Tencent invests USD 125 million in Chinese online comic platform Kuaikan | KrASIA

Tencent invests USD 125 million in Chinese online comic platform Kuaikan

Tencent unveiled its cloud gaming platform "START" earlier this month.