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

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

TikTok hosts short-form videos spanning entertainment, education, and branded content, capturing global audiences and driving cultural trends.

TikTok

Latin America

An abundance of renewable energy and digital users is drawing investment.

Why TikTok is building a massive data center in Brazil

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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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

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

Increasingly positive views of China is casting a halo over the company as it takes on Tesla, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

BYD takes aim at Malaysia's luxury EV segment

BYD takes aim at Malaysia&#8217;s luxury EV segment

Shein, a fast fashion online retailer, updates its catalog frequently, offering trendy apparel and accessories to global style-conscious shoppers.

Shein

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

Consumer Economy

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

Hong Kong

The fashion retailer’s LATR system has helped suppliers adjust more quickly to shifts in consumer trends and demand.

Shein’s IPO case rests on the technology behind its fashion business

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

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

Venture Capital | KrASIA

Voices

"The best VCs are those who are willing to give a slap to our right and left cheeks to wake us up.”

Lesson in entrepreneurialism: Bram Viktor of Hangry | The Indo Tekno Podcast

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Alan Hellawell

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Join us on 27 August, Thursday, 7 - 8pm (GMT+8)!

VMTV #6: Nurture to Win - Hear from Singapore's First Female VC

VMTV #6: Nurture to Win &#8211; Hear from Singapore&#8217;s First Female VC

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KrASIA Writers

The Indian startup scene is reinventing itself by building exclusively for the next billion Indians who are entering the digital realm for the first time.

Startup Country Guide: India

Startup Universal is a content website covering emerging startup ecosystems across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe. We work directly with top local investors &amp; founders in emerging ecosystems to develop global startup insights in the form of country guides, database of local resources, and curated news articles. You can think of Startup Universal as the Wikipedia of global startup ecosystems--a centralized and foundational information source.

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Startup Universal

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

The country's electric battery recharging or swapping sector has been drawing venture capital recently.

CHINA BRIEF | Tencent buys into battery-recharging facility operator Xiaolvren

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Song Jingli

What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

The two companies have been cooperating on movie production since April 2017.

Tencent boosts movie and gaming business with acquisition of cartoon studio Byment

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Investment

Q&amp;A

6 things to know if you’re investing in China, straight from entrepreneurs and VCs.

Why investors are betting on next-generation ventures in China

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Antler China

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

Apple

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

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

Yungongchang, which was founded in 2015, is a SaaS provider that helps companies find mechanical and electronic parts directly from factories.

CHINA BRIEF | Foxconn-backed B2B procurement platform closes USD 14.4 million Series B

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

Grocery Delivery

Yipien runs nearly 900 fresh-food neighborhood supermarkets in 17 cities in China.

CHINA BRIEF | Grocery chain Yipien Fresh closes USD 359 million Series C round led by Tencent and Today Capital

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

How do trustless ledgers transform industries? Investigate decentralized databases, smart contracts, and infrastructure powering secure transactions.

Blockchain

Artificial Intelligence startups have grown significantly in Singapore over the last few years. Many startups have received initial rounds of investments, but have been unable to convert it into productive tangible outcomes, and the market outlook cannot support further growth.