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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

GAC Group, a Chinese state-owned automaker, is one of China's largest car manufacturers, producing vehicles under its own brands and joint ventures.

Discover how Japan’s advanced manufacturing, robotics, and consumer electronics brands drive global technology trends.

Toyota, a Japanese automaker, produces a wide range of vehicles, focusing on reliability, efficiency, and innovation in mobility.

Toyota

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

Joint venture automakers, including GAC Toyota, are embracing smart driving as a key selling point for EVs.

GAC Toyota enters smart EV race with LiDAR-equipped bZ3X | KrASIA

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GAC Toyota enters smart EV race with LiDAR-equipped bZ3X

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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

Artificial Intelligence

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

Deep Tech

Artificial intelligence

Touted as China’s next breakthrough after DeepSeek, is Manus truly an AI game changer?

5 things to know about Manus, the AI agent everyone's debating | KrASIA

5 things to know about Manus, the AI agent everyone&#8217;s debating

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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

Investment

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

Why do firms join forces? Investigate synergy goals, valuation methods, and negotiations driving corporate consolidation.

Merger &amp; Acquisition

What happens after acquisitions close? Examine deal structures, operational improvements, and exit strategies molding corporate outcomes.

Private Equity

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

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Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Agros and Phnxx raise funding, GlobalData acquires Ai Palette, Malaysia’s Khazanah backs chargEV, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Agros and Phnxx raise funding, GlobalData acquires Ai Palette, Malaysia’s Khazanah backs chargEV, and more

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KrASIA Writers

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

Fintech

Fintech | KrASIA Archives

How do trustless ledgers transform industries? Investigate decentralized databases, smart contracts, and infrastructure powering secure transactions.

Blockchain

Where do digital assets find value? Consider market volatility, decentralized exchanges, and blockchain protocols shaping crypto economies.

Cryptocurrencies

How do digital assets gain value? Investigate NFT marketplaces, creator economies, and verification methods strengthening digital ownership.

NFTs

In theory, account abstraction offers benefits like social recovery, role-based access control, batch transactions, and more. But how feasible is its implementation?

Is account abstraction the key to mass crypto adoption? | KrASIA

Is account abstraction the key to mass crypto adoption?

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Amber Group

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

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The ASEAN-wide arrangement would ease reliance on the US dollar.

Vietnam, Philippines, and Brunei to join cross-border QR payment scheme | KrASIA

Vietnam, Philippines, and Brunei to join cross-border QR payment scheme

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

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

Ant Group

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The program integrates the Alipay merchant network with overseas mobile wallets, enabling seamless payments within mainland China.

Ant Group unveils A+China program, bridging Alipay+ with mobile wallets across Asia | KrASIA

Ant Group unveils A+China program, bridging Alipay+ with mobile wallets across Asia

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Gideon Ng

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

The company offers BNPL services using a proprietary scoring algorithm to ensure customers can responsibly access funds to purchase essential goods.

Salmon is serving the financial needs of Filipinos amidst a changing economy | KrASIA

Salmon is serving the financial needs of Filipinos amidst a changing economy

The issuers must meet criteria on value stability, minimum capital, and others.

Singapore to label regulated stablecoins in transparency push | KrASIA

Singapore to label regulated stablecoins in transparency push

The fintech company attempts to keep an edge by legally shielding the technology it develops.

PayPay payment app files more patents than Japan's big 3 banks combined | KrASIA

PayPay payment app files more patents than Japan&#8217;s big 3 banks combined

Ethereum doesn't have the most active users anymore, so how has it retained its number one standing among L1 blockchains?

Can any Layer-1 blockchain overtake Ethereum? | KrASIA

Can any Layer-1 blockchain overtake Ethereum?

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

Creative

How are digital assets protected? Analyze threat detection, encryption standards, and cybersecurity solutions safeguarding data.

Cybersecurity

What unlocks decentralized innovation? Explore blockchain-based platforms, data ownership models, and tools shaping the next internet era.

Web3

Southeast Asian startups are harnessing cutting-edge technological capabilities to revolutionize digital crime detection and prevention.

Digital detectives: Southeast Asian startups tackling Web3 crimes | KrASIA

Digital detectives: Southeast Asian startups tackling Web3 crimes

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Q&amp;A

Parul Srivastava from Quantifeed discusses her journey in the banking and financial services industry and the digital transformations unfolding within.

Driving digital transformations in banking and financial services: Q&A with Parul Srivastava from Quantifeed | KrASIA

Driving digital transformations in banking and financial services: Q&#038;A with Parul Srivastava from Quantifeed

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