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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

The global vacuum market is maturing, and China’s top brands are now betting on new categories.

Record sales, shrinking profits: China’s robot vacuum leaders face their next test | KrASIA

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Record sales, shrinking profits: China’s robot vacuum leaders face their next test

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

KrASIA

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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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

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

Xiaomi

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

Xiaomi says there’s no formal sales network in place, but the new facility appears to be part of a long-term Europe strategy.

Is Xiaomi’s new EV base in Germany a prelude to its European rollout? | KrASIA

Is Xiaomi’s new EV base in Germany a prelude to its European rollout?

At a recent event in Shanghai, officials and experts discussed how Dubai’s policies, infrastructure, and networks are turning it into a global launchpad for Chinese companies.

Chinese firms weigh Dubai as a base for global growth | KrASIA

Chinese firms weigh Dubai as a base for global growth

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

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

Grocery Delivery | KrASIA Archives

Consumer Services

On-demand Services

Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

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

E-commerce

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

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

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

Retail

What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

Didi's social group-buying service was initially launched as a standalone WeChat mini-program in June.

Ride-hailing giant Didi adds group-buying feature to its flagship app | KrASIA

Ride-hailing giant Didi adds group-buying feature to its flagship 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

BigBasket delivers groceries online, supplying fresh produce, household essentials, and personal care items to Indian customers.

BigBasket

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

India

The Bengaluru-headquartered startup has filed a complaint with the city's cybercrime police department.

Online grocer BigBasket allegedly suffers security breach compromising 20 million customers' data | KrASIA

Online grocer BigBasket allegedly suffers security breach compromising 20 million customers&#8217; data

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

How Foodpanda weathered the pandemic

Foodpanda, a food delivery platform in multiple Asian countries, connects diners with local restaurants and international cuisines.

Foodpanda

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

Delivery

Q&amp;A

Foodpanda operates across over 300 cities in 12 markets in Asia.

Q&A with APAC CEO Jakob Angele: How Foodpanda weathered the pandemic | KrASIA

Q&#038;A with APAC CEO Jakob Angele: How Foodpanda weathered the pandemic

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Lin Lingyi

Gully Network aims to build a tech-enabled and asset-light network of mid-size grocery stores under the brand “Gullymart”.

Online grocery startup Gully Network raises fresh funds from Venture Catalysts | KrASIA

Online grocery startup Gully Network raises fresh funds from Venture Catalysts

Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

Grab has been rolled out new services for consumers and small businesses that position it for a strong rebound from the COVID-19 crisis.

How online deliveries and SME initiatives help Grab recover from the pandemic | KrASIA

How online deliveries and SME initiatives help Grab recover from the pandemic

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Khamila Mulia

There are over 40,000 local eateries in Jakarta generating monthly incomes of USD 3,000 each. Tech firms are tapping the sector.

Indonesia's street-side eateries to become the next sector to digitize | KrASIA

Indonesia&#8217;s street-side eateries to become the next sector to digitize

Sequoia Capital finances transformative companies, guiding them through growth phases and global market entry.

Sequoia Capital

This is the first time Sequoia Capital India and Flourish Ventures have invested in any Bangladeshi startup.

Bangladeshi startup ShopUp raises Series A from Sequoia, Flourish Ventures | KrASIA

Bangladeshi startup ShopUp raises Series A from Sequoia, Flourish Ventures

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Avanish Tiwary

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

The initial alliance with Sun Art dates back to 2017, after which Alibaba integrated its online grocery ordering platform Taoxianda with Sun Art's stores, offering home-delivery services.

Alibaba invests USD 3.6 billion to take control of retailer Sun Art | KrASIA

Alibaba invests USD 3.6 billion to take control of retailer Sun Art

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Song Jingli

India's Tata Group prepares for its e-commerce play

Reliance drives digital retail, telecommunication services, and entertainment offerings, shaping India’s consumer and connectivity environment.

Reliance

Tata said it would roll out a super app to offer grocery, fashion, jewelry, consumer electronics, and financial services, among other things.