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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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

Consumer Economy

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

Deep Tech

How is healthcare going digital? Investigate telemedicine, wearable sensors, and data-driven platforms improving patient experiences.

Health Tech

Dr H joins a growing group of brands trying to make health management more personal, wearable, and actionable.

Can a smart ring make health monitoring part of daily life?

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 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

Europe

Bruised by tariffs, the British luxury car maker is considering local production.

Chinese-owned Lotus bets on hybrid SUV for US turnaround

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

Insights | KrASIA

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

E-commerce

Ourfarm is an agriculture e-commerce platform where F&B businesses can buy fresh produce in bulk straight from a network of farmers.

AirAsia ends up rehiring its laid-off employees to work for its agriculture e-commerce site

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Vulcan Post

Kuaishou, best known for its short video platform, drives user-generated content, influencer marketing, and community engagement through shareable clips.

Kuaishou

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

WeChat, Tencent’s superapp, combines messaging, social media, mobile payments, and mini-programs, streamlining daily tasks for over a billion users.

WeChat

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

Short Video

Tencent's last chance to challenge ByteDance's dominance in the short-video sector.

Still in beta-mode but with 200 million users, is 'WeChat Channels' a real threat to Douyin?

Still in beta-mode but with 200 million users, is &#8216;WeChat Channels&#8217; a real threat to Douyin?

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

How does learning transcend classrooms? Investigate online courses, adaptive learning tools, and global educational platforms.

Education

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

How does information move at light speed? Review 5G rollouts, fiber networks, and connectivity standards advancing global communication.

Telecommunications

The expansion of online services is allowing more jobseekers with the relevant skills to find new opportunities, as more offline operations go digital.

Online services market expansion to continue amid COVID-19 crisis, industry executives say

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SCMP

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

Travel

The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting the industry hard, but travel tech platforms are ready to fight back.

No travel, no life? Travel startups are adapting to a changing tourism industry

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Khamila Mulia and Ursula Florene

SEA Gamer Mall distributes virtual goods such as digital prepaid codes and gift cards that gamers can redeem to get in-game currency or items.

How this Malaysian company made MYR 500 million selling goods to gamers

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

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

Enterprise Services

leadership

profile

second generation

wang huiwen

wang xing

The co-founder leaves behind a strong legacy.

After establishing Meituan as the biggest on-demand service platform in China, hidden hero Wang Huiwen retires

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Lin Lingyi

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

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

Chinese home appliance companies are modernizing by empowering their products with technology.

These six Chinese home appliance brands are bringing the Internet of Things to your home

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AJ Cortese

GTRIIP is a Singaporean startup that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to automatically verify photo IDs and owners, reducing the time to check in by 70%.

No queues, no forms: This Singapore startup lets you quickly check in to hotels with a selfie

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

Artificial Intelligence

Israel is home to more than 1,100 species of bees.

Here are seven Israeli bee tech firms protecting bee populations and global agriculture

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