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

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

Will the dual launch give Nio the momentum it needs to lead the EV market in 2025?

Nio shakes up the market with luxury ET9 sedan and Firefly compact car debut | KrASIA

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Nio shakes up the market with luxury ET9 sedan and Firefly compact car debut

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

KrASIA

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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

Tencent

WeChat, Tencent’s superapp, combines messaging, social media, mobile payments, and mini-programs, streamlining daily tasks for over a billion users.

WeChat

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

Consumer Services

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

E-commerce

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

WeChat’s new feature streamlines product gifting on its platform, leveraging its social ecosystem to enhance shopping convenience and drive merchant engagement.

WeChat tests gifting feature ahead of holidays, sparking new e-commerce potential | KrASIA

WeChat tests gifting feature ahead of holidays, sparking new e-commerce potential

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

With a renewed focus on profitability and expansion in lower-tier cities, GoodMe seeks to bolster investor confidence ahead of its anticipated listing.

GoodMe targets IPO reboot despite China’s tea market shakeout | KrASIA

GoodMe targets IPO reboot despite China’s tea market shakeout

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

Gaming

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Creative

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

Live Streaming

Game streaming platform Douyu loses profitability in Q3. The company faces challenges as regulatory walls close in and competition intensifies.

Game streaming platform Douyu loses profitability in Q3 | KrASIA

Game streaming platform Douyu loses profitability in Q3

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Jiaxing Li

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

Sea Group

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

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

Fintech

Singapore

Sea expands globally with European e-commerce, US investment. Singapore group's market cap doubles despite losses, chasing Alibaba, Tencent.

Sea expands globally with European e-commerce, US investment | KrASIA

Sea expands globally with European e-commerce, US investment

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

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

NetEase

Game over? China hits developers with regulatory triple threat. License freeze, child gaming limits, and compliant app stores cloud industry.

Game over? China hits developers with regulatory triple threat | KrASIA

Game over? China hits developers with regulatory triple threat

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

Entertainment

What defines fully immersive realms? Uncover virtual environments, user-generated content, and monetization models shaping the metaverse.

Metaverse

China’s most valuable company Tencent sees slower growth in profits. Regulatory changes are weighing down revenues for all major tech firms in China.

China’s most valuable company Tencent sees slower growth in profits | KrASIA

China’s most valuable company Tencent sees slower growth in profits

Game streaming firm Huya fends off stiff competition with Q3 revenue and MAU growth. China’s video game sector is undergoing regulatory changes.

Game streaming firm Huya fends off stiff competition with Q3 revenue and MAU growth | KrASIA

Game streaming firm Huya fends off stiff competition with Q3 revenue and MAU growth

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

Blockchain

Philippines

Opinion

Axie Infinity’s Philippine Discord server hit by scammer, players lose USD 98,600 in assets. Axie Infinity said it will reimburse its players.

Axie Infinity’s Philippine Discord server hit by scammer, players lose USD 98,600 in assets | KrASIA

Axie Infinity’s Philippine Discord server hit by scammer, players lose USD 98,600 in assets

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Stephanie Li

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

ByteDance

Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, showcases locally popular short videos, influencer content, and creative challenges optimized for China’s market.

Douyin

TikTok hosts short-form videos spanning entertainment, education, and branded content, capturing global audiences and driving cultural trends.

TikTok

What drives digital storytelling? Examine content creation, distribution channels, and media platforms connecting audiences worldwide.

Content

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

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

Deep Tech

What drives digital education adoption? Analyze e-learning apps, AI-driven assessments, and tools enhancing student engagement.

Edtech

TikTok owner ByteDance reshuffles major businesses into six sections. Changing regulatory and business environments pose challenges to ByteDance’s future.

TikTok owner ByteDance reshuffles major businesses into six sections | KrASIA

TikTok owner ByteDance reshuffles major businesses into six sections

Tencent to acquire stake in Japanese media publisher Kadokawa to boost global presence. The deal marks the largest investment Tencent has made in Japan.

Tencent to acquire stake in Japanese media publisher Kadokawa to boost global presence | KrASIA

Tencent to acquire stake in Japanese media publisher Kadokawa to boost global presence

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Mengyuan Ge

Yoozoo Games denies 18% acquisition by Sina. The video game publisher made news last year after its chairman died after allegedly being poisoned.