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

China

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

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

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

Tencent's first-quarter results soared past expectations, thanks to AI-enhanced ads and games.

Tencent says chip stockpile can power AI training for "generations" despite US ban

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Tencent says chip stockpile can power AI training for &#8220;generations&#8221; despite US ban

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

KrASIA

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Nikkei Asia

How do connected devices shape daily life? Examine IoT sensors, data platforms, and security protocols integrating smart tech into homes and cities.

Internet of Things

The company’s sensors weave into textiles and surfaces, offering a scalable haptics solution for robots, vehicles, and smart environments.

With fresh funding, JQ Industries bets on fiber sensors to give machines a sense of touch

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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Image of the YU7, a pure electric SUV by Xiaomi. It is scheduled for release in mid-2025.

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

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

With the YU7, Xiaomi seeks not only redemption, but a shot at surpassing Tesla.

After SU7 setback, Xiaomi reboots EV push with safer, smarter YU7

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

Lending

Lending | KrASIA

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

India

How do policies adjust to a data-rich world? Explore usage-based coverage, automated claims, and analytics guiding risk assessment.

Insurance

True Balance offers services like utility bill payment, insurance, lending, and an e-commerce marketplace.

True Balance receives USD 28 million from SoftBank and Daesung

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Avanish Tiwary

Jenfi provides growth-focused funding for small businesses

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

Southeast Asia

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

The firm is one of the few companies providing revenue-based financing in Southeast Asia.

Jenfi provides growth-focused funding for small businesses: Startup Stories

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Ursula Florene

Mother Finance crunches mobile data for digital lending

Fintech firm Mother Finance offers loans to the unbanked population based on their smartphone data.

Mother Finance crunches mobile data for credit scores and digital lending in Myanmar: Startup Stories

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Stephanie Li

Myanmar’s ThitsaWorks bags funding from BOD Tech Ventures

Microfinance institutions only serve five million people out of Myanmar’s 55 million-strong population, and has great potential to grow.

Myanmar’s ThitsaWorks bags funding from BOD Tech Ventures to scale operations

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

Ant Group

JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce leader, ensures trusted transactions, efficient logistics, and a wide product selection for online shoppers.

JD.com

The decision to pursue a US listing bucks the trend of Chinese tech companies choosing exchanges at home.

Ping An-backed fintech unicorn Lufax files for US IPO

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

Indian government is compiling a list of app-based lending companies that are connected with China.

India contemplates banning digital lending apps with links to China

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Ant Group raises IPO target to USD 35 billion

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

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

Payments

Its valuation also increased to USD 250 billion.

KEY STAT | Ant Group raises IPO target over uptick in investor interests

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Julianna Wu

Access to credit is still one of the greatest obstacles to the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam, where only 39% of the SMEs have bank loans.

Vietnamese fintech firm Kim An Group closes Series A funding round

Vietnam’s P2P market is estimated to be worth USD 7.8 billion in 2020, almost doubling from USD 4.4 billion in 2017, while currently there are over 40 P2P lenders operating in Vietnam. 