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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

China

Products that grow organically tend to have stronger staying power.

For Meitu, the next AI product may come from data, passion, or both

Home

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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Cheng Zi is based in China, covering technology- and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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Cheng Zi

Photo of Tian Hua, CEO of Swancor Advanced Materials.

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

Robotics

The company aims to define a new personal robot category before the market matures.

Through Qiyuan, Swancor wants to make personal robots widely affordable

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

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

East Asia

Miniso sells low-cost lifestyle goods, home essentials, and personal care items, making everyday products accessible to broader markets.

Miniso

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

The Chinese discount lifestyle retailer plans to use original IP to fuel growth.

Miniso banks on finding the next Labubu as it opens 100 US stores

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Nikkei Asia

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

Travel

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Mobility

Transportation

The Thai government is gradually easing lockdown restrictions, becoming a bellwether for other tourism-reliant countries.

Can travel tech revitalize Thailand's devastated tourism industry?

Can travel tech revitalize Thailand&#8217;s devastated tourism industry?

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Shannen Tan

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

Ele.me, a Chinese online food delivery platform, partners with local restaurants to provide fast, convenient dining options to urban consumers.

Ele.me

Meituan, China’s all-in-one local services platform, covers food delivery, travel bookings, and lifestyle deals, simplifying daily consumer choices.

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

Food Delivery

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

Grocery Delivery

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

On-demand Services

Visual Stories

Expanding to numerous sectors these years, Meituan is feeling increasing pressure from Alibaba's local life service push.

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Meituan, from China's Groupon mimicry to local service giant in 10 years

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Meituan, from China&#8217;s Groupon mimicry to local service giant in 10 years

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Julianna Wu

Trip.com predicts a steeper drop in revenue for the second quarter as it refocuses on the domestic Chinese market.

Hit by coronavirus, Trip.com turns a loss with revenues down 42% in Q1

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

Air Doctor went live in 2018, and now has listings of doctors in 42 countries.

Israeli startup that connects travelers with local doctors gears up for a post-corona world

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NoCamels

Clients who booked accommodation or flights for the time after May 31 will be refunded.

Traveloka-backed Airy confirms shutdown by May 31, CEO apologizes to affected customers and partners

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Cindy Silviana

RedDoorz aggregates budget accommodations in Southeast Asia, offering affordable, standardized lodging experiences.

RedDoorz

Online hotel management and booking platform RedDoorz has launched a COVID-19 "hope hotline" with partners in Indonesia and the Philippines.

RedDoorz offers mental-health counseling for hospitality workers

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Ursula Florene

Q&amp;A

Although the company has USD 9.9 million lying in virtual wallets of different airlines, it has to spend its own money to refund customers.

Ticket cancellations have drained our cash reserves: Q&amp;A with Abani Jha of EaseMyTrip

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Pinduoduo revolutionizes e-commerce with social group buying, connecting budget-conscious shoppers to discounts on a broad range of products.

Pinduoduo

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

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

Hardware

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

Live Streaming

E-commerce livestreaming is a major rising trend in China and various stakeholders are eager to capitalize on its influence.

From aircons to tourism packages: China's tech and opinion leaders tap the booming livestream trend

From aircons to tourism packages: China&#8217;s tech and opinion leaders tap the booming livestream trend

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Sun Henan

ZuBlu has grown its resort partner network and member community despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scuba diving platform ZuBlu raises USD 1 million seed funding led by Wavemaker Partners

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Travel

Can travel tech revitalize Thailand’s devastated tourism industry?

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Meituan, from China’s Groupon mimicry to local service giant in 10 years