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Baidu leads Chinese search engines, voice assistants, autonomous driving research, and AI platforms connecting users with information and services.

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

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

Its new search interface is part chatbot, part creative tool, and part concierge, but whether users will embrace it at scale remains an open question.

Baidu reimagines search as the race to build the first AI superapp continues

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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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36Kr English

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

Biotechnology

Hong Kong

The Hong Kong-listed firm is advancing its pipeline using an mRNA system it says can compete with the industry’s best.

Everest Medicines targets global expansion with proprietary, AI-driven mRNA platform

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T. K. Lin

BYD, a Chinese EV maker, produces electric cars, buses, and batteries, accelerating adoption of sustainable transportation worldwide.

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

Latin America

BYD is leading a wave of early EV exports into Brazil ahead of July tax hikes, but long-term success will likely hinge on more.

Chinese automakers rush to beat Brazil’s EV tariffs, but the real race is just starting

Transportation | KrASIA

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

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

Grab

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

Ride-hailing

Central Group

Funding

Thailand

GrabExpress meets Central Group's need for speed.

Grab raises US$200 million from Thailand's Central Group

Grab raises US$200 million from Thailand&#8217;s Central Group

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Zhixin Tan

electric scooters

last mile transportation Singapore

Lime

Singapore

The US firm has been operating in Singapore since November 2018

Electric scooter startup Lime to promote responsible riding culture in Singapore

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Robin Moh

Evergrande

KAAB

NEVS

SAAB

Amidst the Middle Kingdom's push towards greener transportation, Chinese developer Evergrande's healthcare unit enters an agreement to set up a joint

Not discouraged by hard breakup with Faraday, China’s Evergrande turns to a second Swedish car maker to pursue EV dream

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Song Jingli

Investment

Grab is rumoured to be getting US$200 million from Central Group for its Thai unit.

Grab reportedly to bag $200m from Thailand's Central Group in deepened regional push

Grab reportedly to bag $200m from Thailand&#8217;s Central Group in deepened regional push

Ryde

Ryde Technologies received an undisclosed amount from investment firm Nomad X

Even with Grab and Go-Jek in the market, Singapore's Ryde secures funding

Even with Grab and Go-Jek in the market, Singapore&#8217;s Ryde secures funding

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Mars Woo

Faraday Future

Unnamed source from within US-based electrical vehicle maker Faraday Future disclosed that the company is short of funding for mass production (link in

Faraday Future founder might sell $500m stake to resume underfunded mass production

Q&amp;A

Neuron Mobility co-founder Zachary Wang: Businesses need to be hyperlocal

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

Didi

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

On-demand Services

What drives global exploration? Discover evolving tourism trends, hospitality services, and the shift toward personalized travel experiences.

Travel

Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-hailing platform, denied a China Business News report that said it will resume its hitchhiking business around June.

Didi denies rumor that its hitchhiking business will resume around June

HaHa

Howa

Uber

Howa unveils its HaHa app to keep up with ride-hailing firms in Thailand.

Transportation

Grab raises US$200 million from Thailand’s Central Group

Electric scooter startup Lime to promote responsible riding culture in Singapore

Not discouraged by hard breakup with Faraday, China’s Evergrande turns to a second Swedish car maker to pursue EV dream

Grab reportedly to bag $200m from Thailand’s Central Group in deepened regional push

Even with Grab and Go-Jek in the market, Singapore’s Ryde secures funding