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

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Baidu leads Chinese search engines, voice assistants, autonomous driving research, and AI platforms connecting users with information and services.

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

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

Its new search interface is part chatbot, part creative tool, and part concierge, but whether users will embrace it at scale remains an open question.

Baidu reimagines search as the race to build the first AI superapp continues

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. 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 shapes modern healthcare and agriculture? Examine biotech startups, gene editing, and drug discovery unlocking biological potential.

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Hong Kong

The Hong Kong-listed firm is advancing its pipeline using an mRNA system it says can compete with the industry’s best.

Everest Medicines targets global expansion with proprietary, AI-driven mRNA platform

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T. K. Lin

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

Gaming

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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

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

Young Chinese gamers are now limited to 3 hours of weekly playtime.

Young Chinese gamers are now limited to 3 hours of weekly playtime

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Jiaxing Li

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

Cybersecurity

Chinese game developer EskyFun leaves 1 million gamers’ data open to exploits. An unsecured server used by EskyFun contains excessive personal information.

Chinese game developer EskyFun leaves 1 million gamers’ data open to exploits, report says

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Mengyuan Ge

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

Entertainment

Southeast Asia

FIGHT Esports and Wallet Codes Taiwan take the lead in championing and empowering local gaming communities.

FIGHT Esports and Wallet Codes Taiwan take the lead in championing and empowering local gaming communities

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Startup Wire

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

Live Streaming

Tencent reboots game streaming business after blocked Huya-Douyu merger. Tencent is cementing its presence in the game streaming space.

Tencent reboots game streaming business after blocked Huya-Douyu merger

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

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

Payments

Tencent quarterly profit rises, company expects tighter data regulations Tencent Q2 profits surged nearly 30% despite regulatory crackdowns.

Tencent quarterly profit rises, company expects tighter data regulations

Sea Group operates digital entertainment (Garena), e-commerce (Shopee), and fintech (SeaMoney) platforms across Southeast Asia.

Sea Group

Shopee, a Southeast Asian online marketplace, features interactive shopping, flash deals, and localized payment options.

Shopee

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

E-commerce

Singapore

Sea Group posts 160% gain in Q2 profits as net losses widen. Sea reported net losses to the tune of USD 433.7 million in the second quarter, up 10.2% YoY.

Sea Group posts 160% gain in Q2 profits as net losses widen

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Stephanie Li

Huya’s Q2 Revenue hits USD 458.8 million with monthly active users exceeding 77.6 million . The platform was unable to merge with Douyu in July 2021.

Huya’s Q2 revenue hits USD 458.8 million with monthly active users exceeding 77.6 million

Dream11, India’s fantasy sports platform, engages cricket and football fans who create virtual teams to compete for prizes.

Dream11

India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

India

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

Venture Capital

The 13-year-old Tiger Global-backed company is the largest gaming platform in India, with a nearly USD 5 billion valuation.

Indian gaming unicorn Dream Sports sets up USD 250 million fund to invest and acquire startups

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

Axie Infinity’s meteoric rise represents the mainstreamization of the play-to-earn game industry. DAUs hit 800,000 in July, up 173% from January’s 16,000.