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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

Mixue Bingcheng runs beverage shops, leveraging mobile ordering and social commerce to serve refreshing drinks and desserts.

Mixue Bingcheng

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

Closures in Indonesia and Vietnam mark growing pains, but domestic scale, coffee, and new supply hubs give the group fresh momentum.

Mixue trims abroad, doubles down at home, and brews up Lucky Cup’s rise

Home

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

Deep Tech

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

Used in everything from humanoid robots to pool cleaners, RobStride’s modules are becoming the unseen foundation of China’s embodied intelligence wave.

RobStride builds the joints that keep China’s robots moving, and a thriving industry around them

Coffee

A buyer is expected to be chosen by October.

Brewing takeover: Four firms in final race to buy Starbucks China

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

Insights | KrASIA

How can businesses drive positive change? Study policies, ESG strategies, and community initiatives fostering global social advancement.

Social Impact

Myanmar

Southeast Asia

Global tech firms must cut all business with the military regime, activists say.   Myanmar this week experienced the bloodiest crackdown since the military staged its coup on February 1, as security forces killed at least 18 protestors across the country on Sunday.

As Myanmar's military resorts to violence, Big Tech is dragged into the conflict

As Myanmar&#8217;s military resorts to violence, Big Tech is dragged into the conflict

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KrASIA Writers

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

Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, showcases locally popular short videos, influencer content, and creative challenges optimized for China’s market.

Douyin

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

The relatively understated and press-shy ByteDance executive was responsible for creating short-video sensation Douyin.

Kelly Zhang is ByteDance's #2. How did she get there?

Kelly Zhang is ByteDance&#8217;s #2. How did she get there?

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AJ Cortese

India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

India

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

Hardware

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

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

Opinion

SkyTran offers driverless, taxi-like pods that can cut down passengers' hour-long drive to just a few minutes.

Why India's richest person Mukesh Ambani is betting on American futuristic mobility company SkyTran

Why India&#8217;s richest person Mukesh Ambani is betting on American futuristic mobility company SkyTran

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

Blockchain

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

The tech behind NFT art is changing visual culture in subtle ways.

Infinite estimates: The true value of NFT art is in the protocol behind it

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Brady Ng

SoftBank is a global tech investor fueling startups, telecommunications ventures, and AI-driven innovations across international markets.

SoftBank

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

Grab, Traveloka, Gojek, and Tokopedia are planning to list shares this year. The company that hits the bourse first may see boons.

Southeast Asian tech powerhouses are racing to go public

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Khamila Mulia

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

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

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

Payments

The company was founded by former Ant Group employees.

XTransfer simplifies cross-border payments for exporters | Inside China's Startups

XTransfer simplifies cross-border payments for exporters | Inside China&#8217;s Startups

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

Indonesia

Some startups in Indonesia are referencing a roster of offenders to screen prospective employees.

Indonesian women fight uphill battle against online harassment | Tech in Culture

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Ursula Florene

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

Swiggy’s Indian delivery network offers food, groceries, and convenience items, catering to busy urban lifestyles.

Swiggy

Zomato, an Indian food delivery platform, lets customers discover eateries, order meals, and explore culinary experiences.

Zomato

What revolutionizes mealtimes? Investigate alternative proteins, supply chain tracking, and delivery services fueling the future of food.

Food Tech

From a bird’s eye view, Zomato and Swiggy are quite similar, but they couldn’t be more different on closer inspection.

Started as Yelp and turned into DoorDash, Zomato's decade-long journey to IPO

Started as Yelp and turned into DoorDash, Zomato&#8217;s decade-long journey to IPO

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Avanish Tiwary

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

Artificial Intelligence

Taiwan is attracting regional AI startups to establish new engineering and R&D teams, while local startups eye expansions in Southeast Asia.

Insights

As Myanmar’s military resorts to violence, Big Tech is dragged into the conflict

Kelly Zhang is ByteDance’s #2. How did she get there?

Why India’s richest person Mukesh Ambani is betting on American futuristic mobility company SkyTran

Infinite estimates: The true value of NFT art is in the protocol behind it

Southeast Asian tech powerhouses are racing to go public

XTransfer simplifies cross-border payments for exporters | Inside China’s Startups

Indonesian women fight uphill battle against online harassment | Tech in Culture

Started as Yelp and turned into DoorDash, Zomato’s decade-long journey to IPO

Taiwan sets sights to become AI hub, with Southeast Asia as primary market

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