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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.

Robotics

Robotic arms, legs, and lower prices present a challenge to the embattled US company.

Chinese robot vacuums leave Roomba in the dust with arms and legs | KrASIA

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Chinese robot vacuums leave Roomba in the dust with arms and legs

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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

Consumer Services

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

Once a niche outdoor brand, Salomon’s shoes have become a coveted status symbol in China.

How Salomon won over China’s middle-class fashion scene | KrASIA

How Salomon won over China’s middle-class fashion scene

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends. 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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Hong Kong

Beijing moves to inject public funds into state-owned banks, albeit quietly.

Analysis: Will China face same fate as post-bubble Japan? | KrASIA

Analysis: Will China face same fate as post-bubble Japan?

KrASIA | Insights Archives

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

Pinduoduo revolutionizes e-commerce with social group buying, connecting budget-conscious shoppers to discounts on a broad range of products.

Pinduoduo

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

Shein

Temu, an emerging e-commerce marketplace, offers curated deals and value-focused shopping experiences for a global consumer base.

Temu

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

E-commerce

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pinduoduo

Given the significant differences between the US and Chinese markets, is PDD Holdings risking a pyrrhic victory by emulating Pinduoduo's strategy with Temu?

Temu's Super Bowl return highlights e-commerce anxieties in the US | KrASIA

Temu&#8217;s Super Bowl return highlights e-commerce anxieties in the US

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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

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

Batteries

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

Energy

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

How do businesses grow responsibly? Examine green policies, sustainable materials, and climate commitments guiding corporate strategies.

Sustainability

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Energy Storage

2023 marked a turning point for BYD as it began to double down on energy storage projects in the domestic market for ultra-low prices.

China’s BYD sets sights on crowning itself as global energy storage leader | KrASIA

China’s BYD sets sights on crowning itself as global energy storage leader

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

ByteDance

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

Douyin

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

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

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

Grocery Delivery

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

Live Streaming

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

Logistics

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

With heavyweight Douyin encroaching on its market share, Meituan cannot afford to remain in autopilot mode.

What signals has Meituan sent with its largest organizational overhaul in six years? | KrASIA

What signals has Meituan sent with its largest organizational overhaul in six years?

Huawei, a global telecom and smartphone vendor, delivers networking equipment, 5G solutions, and consumer devices integrating cutting-edge tech.

Huawei

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

Electric vehicle

Derailed by delivery issues, Huawei has yet to replicate the successes of its joint venture with Seres for its latest Luxeed S7 electric vehicle model.

Luxeed S7’s delivery woes threaten Huawei’s plan to replicate Aito’s success | KrASIA

Luxeed S7’s delivery woes threaten Huawei’s plan to replicate Aito’s success

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

Alibaba Cloud powers scalable cloud computing, data analytics, and cybersecurity solutions, supporting businesses’ digital transformation worldwide.

Alibaba Cloud

Taobao, Alibaba’s consumer-to-consumer marketplace, connects Chinese shoppers with diverse products, from fashion and electronics to everyday essentials.

Taobao

Tmall, Alibaba’s B2C platform, hosts premium brands and official stores, offering authenticated products to Chinese consumers seeking quality goods.

Tmall

new retail

Whether Alibaba sells those businesses or not, it's growingly evident that the Chinese tech giant is shifting its focus from new retail back to e-commerce.

Alibaba considers divesting from Intime, Freshippo, and RT-Mart to refocus on e-commerce | KrASIA

Alibaba considers divesting from Intime, Freshippo, and RT-Mart to refocus on e-commerce

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

Mixue Bingcheng

China's largest made-to-order beverage company (and the second largest globally) is set to go public in Hong Kong amid an ambitious global expansion initiative.

With over 36,000 stores worldwide, Mixue Bingcheng is sprinting toward a Hong Kong IPO | KrASIA

With over 36,000 stores worldwide, Mixue Bingcheng is sprinting toward a Hong Kong IPO

CATL manufactures batteries that power electric vehicles, energy storage, and renewable energy infrastructures globally.

Nio, a Chinese electric car maker, specializes in high-performance EVs, battery-swapping solutions, and autonomous driving technologies.

As mainstream liquid batteries become more affordable, will solid-state batteries ever emerge as a viable option for automakers?

Chinese automakers aspire to adopt solid-state batteries in vehicles despite practical concerns | KrASIA

Chinese automakers aspire to adopt solid-state batteries in vehicles despite practical concerns

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

Artificial Intelligence

How do firms boost efficiency? Assess cloud platforms, consulting solutions, and business intelligence tools powering corporate operations.

Cloud Solutions

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

Enterprise Services

Jack Ma

Joseph Tsai and Jack Ma recently acquired a hefty chunk of Alibaba's stocks, emerging as the largest shareholders. Market observers are left pondering the significance of this power move.

Was Jack Ma “buying the dip” in Alibaba, or is there something more? | KrASIA

Was Jack Ma “buying the dip” in Alibaba, or is there something more?

Ele.me, a Chinese online food delivery platform, partners with local restaurants to provide fast, convenient dining options to urban consumers.

Ele.me

Bytedance

In a message to all employees, Yu Yongfu, CEO of Ele.me, sought to quash the rumors before they escalate further.