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36Kr (EN)

Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Creative

Deep Tech

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

Game titles like Honor of Kings and Valorant remain key drivers of Tencent’s growth.

Tencent’s operating profit climbs 19%, fueled by gaming and fintech gains | KrASIA

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Tencent’s operating profit climbs 19%, fueled by gaming and fintech gains

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

Bilibili

Content

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

Live Streaming

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

Video

Bilibili has turned profitable, driven by rising user engagement and effective monetization strategies.

Bilibili posts first-ever profit as ad and gaming revenues surge | KrASIA

Bilibili posts first-ever profit as ad and gaming revenues surge

Japan

Singapore

Japanese startups made a strong impression at this year’s SWITCH, unveiling innovative tech solutions primed for global applications.

Japan’s startups find new pathways to global markets at SWITCH | KrASIA

Japan’s startups find new pathways to global markets at SWITCH

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KrASIA Writers

KrASIA | News Archives

BigBasket

Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

India Tech

Grocery Delivery

Tata Group would take over the entire 29% stake of BigBasket's largest backer Alibaba.

Tata Group close to buying 80% stake in e-grocer BigBasket | KrASIA

Tata Group close to buying 80% stake in e-grocer BigBasket

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

The food industry is booming! Both traditional companies and startups are using technology to transform the dynamics of the food sector.

Food Tech

In October, San Francisco-based Eat Just announced plans to build its first Asia factory in Singapore.

Singapore becomes the first country to approve the sale of cultured meat | KrASIA

Singapore becomes the first country to approve the sale of cultured meat

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Stephanie Li

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics manufacturer, headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The company was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former People's Liberation Army engineer.

Huawei

Oppo is a Chinese consumer electronics and mobile communications company headquartered in Dongguan, China, known for its smartphones, Blu-ray players and other electronic devices.

OPPO

Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

Xiaomi

5G is a commonly used term for certain advanced wireless systems. Industry association 3GPP defines any system using "5G NR" software as "5G", a definition that came into general use by late 2018. 

Semiconductors

Smartphones

Huawei and Honor are absent from the list of early adopters of the chip.

New Oppo, Xiaomi phones to carry Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 888 | KrASIA

New Oppo, Xiaomi phones to carry Qualcomm&#8217;s latest Snapdragon 888

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

November increased of Xpeng's EV deliveried, YoY: 342%

NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

Xpeng

Electric Vehicles

Nasdaq-listed Nio also reported record-high deliveries in the same month.

KEY STAT | Xpeng deliveries up 342% in November as China's EV industry gains steam | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Xpeng deliveries up 342% in November as China&#8217;s EV industry gains steam

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Julianna Wu

Read stories of Travel service providers, platforms or the trending of the travel industry.

Travel

As cross-border travel is still restricted, the China market has rebounded strongly.

Trip.com swings to a profit thanks to China's recovery | KrASIA

Trip.com swings to a profit thanks to China&#8217;s recovery

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MENA

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

Logistics

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

Trella’s mobile app for shippers enables them to create and track shipments, as well as communicate with the carrier.

Egypt’s Trella expands its trucking marketplace to Pakistan | KrASIA

Egypt’s Trella expands its trucking marketplace to Pakistan

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MENAbytes

Mobility

Etihad Airways joins tourism giants Booking.com and Amadeus as partners of OnBoard, a travel tech scale-up program.

UAE airline joins Israeli travel tech startup program as partner | KrASIA

UAE airline joins Israeli travel tech startup program as partner

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NoCamels

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

India

Cred rewards credit card holders with points for paying their bill on time.

Credit card bill management startup Cred raises USD 80 million | KrASIA

Credit card bill management startup Cred raises USD 80 million

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Avanish Tiwary

Baidu

ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

Didi

Douyin

Kuaishou (Chinese: 快手) is a platform for recording with millions of original fresh videos everyday.

Kuaishou

Douyin Huoshan and Douyin have more than 600 million daily active users.

News

Tata Group close to buying 80% stake in e-grocer BigBasket

Singapore becomes the first country to approve the sale of cultured meat

New Oppo, Xiaomi phones to carry Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 888

KEY STAT | Xpeng deliveries up 342% in November as China’s EV industry gains steam

Trip.com swings to a profit thanks to China’s recovery