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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

Insta360

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

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

The Wave microphone merges TEALab’s algorithms with Insta360’s design expertise to address audio challenges.

Insta360 and Tencent turn two decades of audio R&D into commercial sound intelligence

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Insta360 and Tencent turn two decades of audio R&#038;D into commercial sound intelligence

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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Chery

How are driverless systems redefining mobility? Uncover sensor technologies, regulatory frameworks, and AI driving cars without human intervention.

Autonomous 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

The automaker is appointing a former Huawei and Geely executive to lead its assisted driving R&D efforts.

Chery reshuffles leadership at intelligent tech hub, signaling renewed drive toward smart mobility

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

From card fees to wallet economics, Antom breaks down the variables that shape expenses and the strategies that can help stabilize them.

What every merchant should know about cross-border payment costs

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KrASIA tracks China’s tech and business stories, alongside key developments across the broader Asia Pacific region.

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The new venture builds upon a novel concept of "personal AI computers," fundamentally altering how users and businesses interact with large models.

Former Alibaba security lead aims to break the data monopoly of tech giants with new AI venture

Southeast Asia

Thailand

Bird House in Bangkok, the next culinary sensation? Thanit Apipatana champions young entrepreneurs like Nikhil, emphasizing innovation.

Bird House aspires to become Bangkok’s next culinary hotspot

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

Consumer Economy

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

E-commerce

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

Retail

Peekoo Coffee may not have reached the scale of Starbucks, Luckin, or Cotti, but in China's fiercely competitive coffee market, it's steadily ascending, beginning its journey in Shanghai.

Buy a coffee, get a bag: Peekoo Coffee innovates toward the goal of opening 300 stores

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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Where do digital assets find value? Consider market volatility, decentralized exchanges, and blockchain protocols shaping crypto economies.

Cryptocurrencies

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Malaysia

Tranglo's partnership with Ripple exemplifies its evolution from addressing reload card inefficiencies to becoming a global leader in cross-border payments.

Tranglo collaborates with Ripple to reshape the future of cross-border payments

How do we store tomorrow’s power? Evaluate battery R&amp;D, manufacturing progress, and recycling strategies fueling energy independence.

Batteries

What hovers over new frontiers? Explore drone logistics, aerial data collection, and surveillance tools shaping multiple industries.

Drones

How is power evolving? Review renewable sources, grid innovations, and efficiency measures driving cleaner, more resilient energy systems.

Energy

iKingtec is aiming to redefine precision and safety in maintenance workflows with its drones, amid rising opportunities in China's power grid sector.

iKingtech bestows “wings” to transform power grid inspections

In a recent interview with 36Kr, senior figures from Sensors Data discuss the company's growth phases and its current strategic refocus.

Sensors Data: AI on the horizon, but prioritize practical implementation first

Alan Edwards and Thanit Apipatana aim to revolutionize the burgeoning market for quality craft beer in Thailand and beyond with liquid yeast that elevates beer flavors.

This Thai entrepreneur is catering to the burgeoning market for quality craft beers

Xpeng Motors builds intelligent EVs equipped with advanced infotainment systems, autonomous features, and sleek electric mobility designs.

Xpeng Motors

Embodied Intelligence

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

Xpeng Motors surprised attendees at its Tech Day event this year by introducing a humanoid robot model, while also showcasing an array of vehicle intelligence features.

Xpeng Motors unveils PX5 humanoid robot, underlining its vision for the future

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

Chinese conglomerate Erdos Group led the investment, financing KargoBot's transformation into an independent entity to strengthen its alignment with the long-haul logistics sector.