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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

Luckin Coffee provides app-based ordering, convenient pickup, and a broad beverage menu, reshaping China’s coffee consumption patterns.

Luckin Coffee

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

Consumer Economy

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

Retail

Coffee

Five years after a financial scandal, China’s leading coffee chain is testing its footing in Starbucks’ home market.

Luckin Coffee tests the waters in the US with two New York stores

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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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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

Bonjour is building an agentic platform that turns tasks into instant transactions—fulfilled by humans today, and AI tomorrow.

Inside Bonjour, a Chinese startup creating the “Upwork of the agent era”

AI Now! is a global AI community of Chinese developers, professionals, and founders.

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AI Now!

What shapes modern healthcare and agriculture? Examine biotech startups, gene editing, and drug discovery unlocking biological potential.

Biotechnology

Studies are underway to validate the product’s benefits in children who miss elite growth marks but fall outside clinical deficiency.

Growth for all: Agebox’s IGF‑1 sensitizer is designed for kids above clinical thresholds

What powers digital devices? Delve into chip design, manufacturing bottlenecks, and semiconductor breakthroughs fueling global electronics.

Semiconductors

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What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

Hardware

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

After finding success on home ground, Microview is now introducing its high-precision semiconductor packaging equipment to the American and European markets.

Microview secures funds to export high-precision die-bonding equipment to the US and Europe

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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South Korea

Samsung Electronics Q4 profit plummets amid global chip downturn. South Korean tech giant's slump expected to continue in first half of this year.

Samsung Electronics Q4 profit plummets amid global chip downturn

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

TSMC to triple US chip investment to USD 40 billion to serve Apple, others. President Biden hails manufacturing revival in America.

TSMC to triple US chip investment to USD 40 billion to serve Apple, others

ZTE woes may steer China’s AI chip development into a different direction

China chip sector shares tumble on U.S. export curbs. Equipment makers and AI semiconductor developers among those hit.

China chip sector shares tumble on US export curbs

TSMC, a leading semiconductor manufacturer, delivers advanced chipsets that enable next-generation devices and cloud computing servers.

TSMC

TSMC quarterly profit surges 76% to record despite inflation woes. Analysts warn global economic headwinds are denting chip sector outlook.

TSMC quarterly profit surges 76%, a record high despite inflation woes

Red-hot Chinese chip investment fuels boom in used equipment. Strong demand for older models creates tailwind for Nikon, Japanese peers.

Red-hot Chinese chip investment fuels boom in used equipment

Taiwan chipmaker Winbond sees 'long-term' impact from Ukraine war. The Apple supplier eyes EVs, smart agriculture, and cybersecurity as growth catalysts.

Taiwan chipmaker Winbond sees 'long-term' impact from Russian invasion of Ukraine

Taiwan chipmaker Winbond sees &#8216;long-term&#8217; impact from Russian invasion of Ukraine

Chip talent war: Taiwan faces critical staffing shortage. Semiconductor giants hike salaries to lure island's dwindling number of graduates.

Chip talent war: Taiwan faces critical staffing shortage

Apple designs iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers, coupling sleek hardware with robust software ecosystems and service offerings.

Apple

The US market serves as both the backbone and the driving force behind global technological advancements.

China's Luxshare builds iPhone mega-plant to challenge Foxconn. Chinese assembler is making aggressive bid to expand in Apple supply chain.