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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

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

Home

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

KrASIA

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

Deep Tech

Embodied Intelligence

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

Robotics

After building Cece into a profitable app, Cylingo is applying its tech to a home robot designed to read the mood of a household.

Why Cylingo is moving into home robotics after building a 60 million-user app

Photo of BYD’s D Space facility in Zhengzhou.

BYD, a Chinese EV maker, produces electric cars, buses, and batteries, accelerating adoption of sustainable transportation worldwide.

The launch gives BYD a fresh growth narrative after its car sales faltered in the first half of 2026.

BYD’s humanoid robot to begin work at D Space facility in August

IPO Zaozhidao is a Chinese media outlet that provides timely coverage of IPO developments and related market signals.

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IPO Zaozhidao

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

Insights | KrASIA

Hook Coffee offers the widest variety of freshly roasted specialty coffees from around the world including flavors like "Rum Baby Rum" and "Kopi Sutra".

How this Singaporean grew her coffee subscription startup into a regional e-coffee brand

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Vulcan Post

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

Hardware

Surging debuts on 'domestic Nasdaq' lure investors and bolster China's strategic aims.

Shanghai's Star Market brings in new dawn for Chinese tech

Shanghai&#8217;s Star Market brings in new dawn for Chinese tech

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

Google dominates online search, digital ads, and cloud solutions, powering discovery, analytics, and smartphone operating systems.

Google

Meta oversees social networks (like Facebook and Instagram), messaging apps, VR platforms, and digital ads, connecting billions across continents.

Reliance

How do virtual worlds expand reality? Discover AR/VR tools, content creation, and platforms layering digital information onto everyday life.

Augmented and Virtual Reality

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

E-commerce

What drives digital education adoption? Analyze e-learning apps, AI-driven assessments, and tools enhancing student engagement.

Edtech

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

Entertainment

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

Grocery Delivery

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

Video

The USD 4.5 billion check that Google wrote for a 7.7% stake is the second-largest investment in Jio Platforms after Facebook.

From Jio Glass to 5G network, Reliance’s new announcements hint at its ambition to dominate everything digital

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

The US Stock Exchange- Photo by Aditya Vyas on Unsplash

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

NetEase, a Chinese Internet services firm, offers online gaming, music streaming, and e-commerce platforms, engaging millions of digital users.

NetEase

dual-listing

hkse

privatization

star board

For Chinese companies, a stealthy trend towards privatization runs parallel to a recent wave of dual-listings.

What is driving the privatization trend for Chinese listed companies?

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Lin Lingyi

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

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.