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

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Once a leader in textile innovation, Uniqlo is struggling to keep pace with shifting consumer demands.

Is Uniqlo still an innovator? The fast fashion giant faces a new tech reset | KrASIA

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

East Asia

Discover how Japan’s advanced manufacturing, robotics, and consumer electronics brands drive global technology trends.

Toyota, a Japanese automaker, produces a wide range of vehicles, focusing on reliability, efficiency, and innovation in mobility.

Toyota

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

Toyota is banking on a leadership shake-up and a streamlined product lineup to regain its footing in China.

Toyota shakes up its China strategy as sales slip | KrASIA

Toyota shakes up its China strategy as sales slip

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

DeepSeek's low-cost chatbot has shaken markets.

What is AI distillation and what does it mean for OpenAI? | KrASIA

What is AI distillation and what does it mean for OpenAI?

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Nikkei Asia

How does information move at light speed? Review 5G rollouts, fiber networks, and connectivity standards advancing global communication.

Telecommunications

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Huawei, a global telecom and smartphone vendor, delivers networking equipment, 5G solutions, and consumer devices integrating cutting-edge tech.

Huawei

United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May has allowed Chinese telecoms giant Huawei to take part in building the country’s 5G network. Huawei will supply

UK allows Huawei to help build 5G network | KrASIA

UK allows Huawei to help build 5G network

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Huawei controversy

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As the company faces immense political pressure it has to restructure its employee base

Huawei to move 20,000 staffers from its carrier business to consumer business group, sources say | KrASIA

Huawei to move 20,000 staffers from its carrier business to consumer business group, sources say

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Luna Lin

Thanks to "unprecedented opportunities" in 5G commercialization.

Huawei records 39% quarterly revenue growth against odds | KrASIA

Huawei records 39% quarterly revenue growth against odds

Brazil

The company has failed to take a foothold of the Brazilian smartphone market since 2015.

Huawei attempts to woo Brazilian smartphone market once more | KrASIA

Huawei attempts to woo Brazilian smartphone market once more

Ericsson

A 5G contender gets a "surprise visit" on Huawei's home turf.

Ericsson under anti-trust investigation by Chinese government as 5G competition heats up around the globe | KrASIA

Ericsson under anti-trust investigation by Chinese government as 5G competition heats up around the globe

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

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Huawei still open to selling 5G modems to Apple, says Richard Yu | KrASIA

Huawei still open to selling 5G modems to Apple, says Richard Yu

Consumer trends in China

telcos

Telcos in China, as in other markets, are feeling the squeeze from shifting consumer habits.

Call me maybe? Daily airtime for Chinese mobile phone users continues to drop | KrASIA

Call me maybe? Daily airtime for Chinese mobile phone users continues to drop

But its carrier business recorded 1.3% negative growth.