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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

Robotic arms, legs, and lower prices present a challenge to the embattled US company.

Chinese robot vacuums leave Roomba in the dust with arms and legs | KrASIA

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Chinese robot vacuums leave Roomba in the dust with arms and legs

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

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Nikkei Asia

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

Consumer Services

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

Creative

Where do style and commerce meet? Examine supply chains, sustainable sourcing, and digital trends influencing global fashion markets.

Fashion

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

Retail

Once a niche outdoor brand, Salomon’s shoes have become a coveted status symbol in China.

How Salomon won over China’s middle-class fashion scene | KrASIA

How Salomon won over China’s middle-class fashion scene

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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Hong Kong

Beijing moves to inject public funds into state-owned banks, albeit quietly.

Analysis: Will China face same fate as post-bubble Japan? | KrASIA

Analysis: Will China face same fate as post-bubble Japan?

What medical tools shape care delivery? Assess medical devices, diagnostics, and digital services refining patient treatment.

Medtech

Medtech | KrASIA Archives

Temi CEO Gal Goren and the Temi team from China at CES Asia 2019. Photo  courtesy Robotemi via NoCamels.

The Temi is already being used by medical facilities and businesses for a multitude of tasks.

Israeli robot deployed in Asia to minimize coronavirus spread | KrASIA

Israeli robot deployed in Asia to minimize coronavirus spread

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Cruise ship Diamond Princess at the Osanbashi Pier in port of Yokohama bay, Japan. Source: Shutterstock.

With at least three repatriated passengers testing positive for infection, medical workers are deploying new tech to provide care.

Using top medical tech, Sheba hospital to treat Israelis back from coronavirus-stricken cruise | KrASIA

Using top medical tech, Sheba hospital to treat Israelis back from coronavirus-stricken cruise

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

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

ByteDance

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

Tencent

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

Food Delivery

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

Gaming

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

Grocery Delivery

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

Live Streaming

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

On-demand Services

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

Video

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Mobile games, short-video apps, and online medical services are some sectors who saw growth.

Infographic | Coronavirus-impacted economy brings new opportunities to these tech sectors | KrASIA

Infographic | Coronavirus-impacted economy brings new opportunities to these tech sectors

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Julianna Wu

Patients with chronic renal disease often have to spend hours each day hooked up to heavy machines, hindering their ability to move around.

Singaporean start-up’s portable ‘kidney’ could shrink dialysis machines, giving patients their freedom back | KrASIA

Singaporean start-up’s portable ‘kidney’ could shrink dialysis machines, giving patients their freedom back

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China is expected to surpass Japan to become the second-largest global medtech market.

Chinese medtech firm Lachesis raises USD 21.8 million in Series B+ round | KrASIA

Chinese medtech firm Lachesis raises USD 21.8 million in Series B+ round

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The funds will be used to grow the company’s development team and accelerate commercial operations in the US and Europe.

Singapore startup Eko.ai raises USD 4 million from Sequoia India, EDBI, others | KrASIA

Singapore startup Eko.ai raises USD 4 million from Sequoia India, EDBI, others

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

JD.com

Deloitte forecast that China’s online pharmacy sector will be worth RMB 400 billion (USD 57 billion) in 2020.

JD’s health care unit vaults into second position for new unicorns with USD 7 billion valuation | KrASIA

JD’s health care unit vaults into second position for new unicorns with USD 7 billion valuation

When hospitals are treated like marketplaces, is kindness abused?

Tencent-backed patient-centric crowdfunding platform Shuidichou is under fire for loose sign-up practices | KrASIA

Tencent-backed patient-centric crowdfunding platform Shuidichou is under fire for loose sign-up practices

Temasek, a Singaporean state-owned investment firm, drives sustainable growth, strategic acquisitions, and innovation in global markets.

Temasek

PharmEasy is now valued at USD 700 million and tops India’s online pharmacy market

Temasek drafts India’s highest funding in an e-pharmacy startup at USD 220 million | KrASIA

Temasek drafts India’s highest funding in an e-pharmacy startup at USD 220 million

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