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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

Artificial intelligence

With its young team defying convention, DeepSeek’s latest V3 model signals that its bold approach might be yielding results.

Fresh faces, bold results: DeepSeek’s rise in AI | KrASIA

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Fresh faces, bold results: DeepSeek’s rise in AI

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

KrASIA

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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36Kr English

Despite progress in IP protection, China draws criticism as Squid Game-themed knockoffs proliferate.

Squid Game sequel puts China’s counterfeit struggles back in focus | KrASIA

Squid Game sequel puts China’s counterfeit struggles back in focus

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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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

Legacy automakers like Mercedes-Benz are grappling to keep pace with China’s fast-evolving automotive market.

Software hurdles stall CLA production, leaving Mercedes-Benz trailing in China | KrASIA

Software hurdles stall CLA production, leaving Mercedes-Benz trailing in China

KrASIA | Insights Archives

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

Oppo, a Chinese smartphone producer, emphasizes advanced camera features, sleek designs, and immersive audiovisual experiences.

Oppo

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

Pinduoduo

In the final installment of this three-part series, we follow Duan Yongping through his BBK years to his early retirement.

Duan Yongping: From chopping firewood in the countryside to creating a billion-dollar legacy (Part 3 of 3) | KrASIA

Duan Yongping: From chopping firewood in the countryside to creating a billion-dollar legacy (Part 3 of 3)

In the second of this three-part series, we follow Duan Yongping’s early career, from leaving a stable job to making Subor a success.

Duan Yongping: From chopping firewood in the countryside to creating a billion-dollar legacy (Part 2 of 3) | KrASIA

Duan Yongping: From chopping firewood in the countryside to creating a billion-dollar legacy (Part 2 of 3)

In the first of this three-part series, we take a look at Duan Yongping’s childhood and university years, and how they shaped the man he was to become.

Duan Yongping: From chopping firewood in the countryside to creating a billion-dollar legacy (Part 1 of 3) | KrASIA

Duan Yongping: From chopping firewood in the countryside to creating a billion-dollar legacy (Part 1 of 3)

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

Fintech

Deep Dive | China’s growing e-CNY industry is reshaping the future of digital payments. The digital yuan, or e-CNY, is set to change the financial landscape with potential applications for not just B2C, but also B2B and B2G scenarios.

Deep Dive | China’s growing e-CNY industry is reshaping the future of digital payments | KrASIA

Deep Dive | China’s growing e-CNY industry is reshaping the future of digital payments

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

Tencent

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

Blockchain

How do digital assets gain value? Investigate NFT marketplaces, creator economies, and verification methods strengthening digital ownership.

NFTs

China’s once thriving digital collectibles sector takes a hit amid an over-saturated market. Digital collectibles have only been popular in China for less than six months, but the industry is already experiencing its first significant reshuffle.

China’s once thriving digital collectibles sector takes hit amid over-saturated market | KrASIA

China’s once thriving digital collectibles sector takes hit amid over-saturated market

What unlocks decentralized innovation? Explore blockchain-based platforms, data ownership models, and tools shaping the next internet era.

Web3

China is all systems go for its unique vision of Web 3.0. The ecosystem is centrally controlled while leveraging decentralized technologies.

China is all systems go for its unique vision of Web3 | KrASIA

China is all systems go for its unique vision of Web3

The US market serves as both the backbone and the driving force behind global technological advancements.

Deep Tech Valley KANSAI — Japan's leading region for R&D-oriented startups. The Kansai area has formed its own startup ecosystem centered on deep tech.

Deep Tech Valley KANSAI — Japan's leading region for R&D-oriented startups | KrASIA

Deep Tech Valley KANSAI — Japan&#8217;s leading region for R&#038;D-oriented startups

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KrASIA Writers

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

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

Gaming

The rise of FIGHT Esports in the golden age of competitive gaming. FIGHT Esports plans to bring blockchain and NFTs to the wide world of e-sports.

The rise of FIGHT Esports in the golden age of competitive gaming | KrASIA

The rise of FIGHT Esports in the golden age of competitive gaming

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Startup Wire

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

Cryptocurrencies

China’s young programmers are moving towards web3. For many 20-somethings, the web3 space represents a chance to build something meaningful and lucrative.