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

Creative

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

Gaming

China

In Varsapura, familiar mechanics meet a darker and more grounded world.

What we know so far about Varsapura, Hoyoverse’s next game

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What drives digital storytelling? Examine content creation, distribution channels, and media platforms connecting audiences worldwide.

Content

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

Entertainment

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

Video

The Disney sequel is the latest litmus test of whether imported films can halt their decline in China.

Zootopia 2 lands in China as Hollywood’s biggest test of the year

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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

Li Auto develops electric vehicles that combine smart cockpit systems, advanced safety features, and long-distance battery support.

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

Underestimating Xiaomi’s rise was among the missteps highlighted at Li Auto’s latest strategy meeting.

Li Auto enters crisis mode as sales falter and rivals pull ahead

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

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

India

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

Consumer Economy

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

E-commerce

How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

Lenskart predicts the combined opportunity for eyewear in Southeast Asia and the Middle East to reach USD 15 billion by 2025.

SoftBank-backed eyewear omnichannel retailer raises USD 220 million for global expansion

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

Payments

The currency has been used in 70.75 million payments so far across more than 1.32 million scenarios.

China's digital yuan pilot tally reaches USD 5.3 billion in six months

China&#8217;s digital yuan pilot tally reaches USD 5.3 billion in six months

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Baidu leads Chinese search engines, voice assistants, autonomous driving research, and AI platforms connecting users with information and services.

Baidu

How are driverless systems redefining mobility? Uncover sensor technologies, regulatory frameworks, and AI driving cars without human intervention.

Autonomous Vehicles

Baidu Apollo leads in geographical coverage for autonomous vehicles. The company has plans to operate passenger services in 30 cities by 2024.

Baidu Apollo's autonomous vehicles cruise in four cities while regulators constrict data collection for cars

Baidu Apollo&#8217;s autonomous vehicles cruise in four cities while regulators constrict data collection for cars

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Brady Ng

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

Grocery Delivery

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

On-demand Services

Xingsheng raises USD 300 million while broader community group-buying craze wanes. The sector has lost momentum after hitting its peak in 2020.

Xingsheng raises USD 300 million while broader community group-buying craze wanes

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

Southeast Asia

The good, the bad, and the unexpected: What entrepreneurs learned from building a startup in 2021 and their journeys as leaders of early-stage startups.

The good, the bad, and the unexpected: What entrepreneurs learned from building a startup in 2021

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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

Xiaomi surpasses Apple to become world’s second largest smartphone brand as the company ramps up its presence in Europe, Africa, and Latin America.

Xiaomi surpasses Apple to become world’s second largest smartphone brand

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

Artificial Intelligence

What shapes modern healthcare and agriculture? Examine biotech startups, gene editing, and drug discovery unlocking biological potential.

Biotechnology

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

Deep Tech

Merck Accelerator China announces 2021 cohort with focus on AI and biotech. Merck will invest up to EUR 50,000 (USD 60,000) in participating startups.

Merck Accelerator China announces 2021 cohort with focus on AI and biotech

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

Enterprise Services

Technical assessment and hiring platform ShowMeBug bags USD 15 million Series A from Sequoia Capital and Hillhouse Capital

Paytm, an Indian digital payments app, enables mobile transactions, bill payments, and financial products for millions of users.

Paytm

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

Paytm's IPO will be the largest-ever listing in the Indian capital market, surpassing Coal India’s INR 154.75 billion IPO in 2010.