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

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How do connected devices shape daily life? Examine IoT sensors, data platforms, and security protocols integrating smart tech into homes and cities.

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When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

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The ODM plans to deploy IPO proceeds to parlay its capabilities into emerging categories, including smart glasses.

Chinese smart device maker Longcheer joins wave of Hong Kong listings

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T. K. Lin

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

Pop Mart, a Chinese company, designs and sells toys, figurines, and collectibles, primarily in a blind box format.

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

Consumer Economy

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

The move aims to stabilize investor sentiment amid a broader correction in China’s collectibles market.

Pop Mart launches share buyback as Labubu craze fades

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

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Anker

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

Lark, a workplace collaboration platform by ByteDance, integrates messaging, video conferencing, document sharing, and productivity tools.

Lark

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

The platform is testing a bean-shaped device that uses Doubao to capture meetings, generate real-time summaries, and support enterprise workflows.

Lark steps into hardware, developing an AI-powered recorder with Anker

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

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Myanmar coup

For many in Myanmar, it has been 50 days of agony since the February 1 coup. Starting with recurring nightly internet blackouts mid-February, the junta further throttled communications by blocking mobile internet services and shutting down all public WiFi services last week, leaving people’s livelihoods, information access, and the economy in tatters. It is costing lives, say local entrepreneurs and activists.

Myanmar’s internet blackouts are costing the economy and threaten lives

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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

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Vietnam's Vingroup said it is in talks with Taiwanese iPhone assembler Foxconn to produce batteries and other parts for electric vehicles, an industry that both companies are trying to crack.

Vingroup and Foxconn in talks over electric cars

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Suning, a retail and e-commerce provider, sells electronics, home appliances, and everyday goods through online and offline channels.

Suning

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

E-commerce

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

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Suning will be able to sell assets through REITs, initial public offerings, and equity transfers.

Suning teams up with GLP to cash in on its logistics assets

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Song Jingli

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

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

Fintech

Indonesia

Indonesian savings app, Pluang has raised USD 20 million in a pre-Series B round that was led by Openspace Ventures. Existing investors, including Go-Ventures, also participated. Co-founder and CEO Claudia Kolonas said in a statement that Pluang plans to expand its investment options in 2021, focusing on new financial products for simple and convenient access to a wider variety of asset classes

Indonesian savings app Pluang bags new funding amid investment boom in the country

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Ursula Florene

The Middle East’s growing tech ecosystem harnesses the enterprising spirit of innovators from its diverse cultural markets.

Middle East

How are digital assets protected? Analyze threat detection, encryption standards, and cybersecurity solutions safeguarding data.

Cybersecurity

Just three months after emerging from stealth mode and raising USD 100 million, Israeli startup Wiz closed a funding round with USD 130 million and a company valuation of USD 1.7 billion, Hebrew-language media reported this week.

Cloud security startup Wiz, founded in 2020, raises USD 130 million

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

Energy

What medical tools shape care delivery? Assess medical devices, diagnostics, and digital services refining patient treatment.

Medtech

Singapore

The Singapore Management University (SMU) on Friday announced the winners of its tenth Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition. The contest, which was organized by the university's Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE)​​​​​​​, received over 850 entries from 650 universities across 60 countries.

Singapore's SMU announces winners of its startup competition

Singapore&#8217;s SMU announces winners of its startup competition

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

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

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

Baidu

JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce leader, ensures trusted transactions, efficient logistics, and a wide product selection for online shoppers.

JD.com

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

Taobao

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) and four other government bodies have specified that all micro loan firms in the country cannot extend consumer loans to university students, according to an announcement on Wednesday.

China bans microlenders from granting consumer loans to university students

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

Malaysia

Malaysian grocery app Jocom on Thursday announced that it successfully listed on Singapore’s first regulated private securities exchange 1exchange, raising SGD 5.6 million (USD 4.2 million). The funds will go towards the group’s expansion to West Malaysian states like Johor and Penang and to overseas markets, including Indonesia and Australia.

Malaysian grocery app Jocom raises funds via listing on Singapore's 1exchange

Malaysian grocery app Jocom raises funds via listing on Singapore&#8217;s 1exchange

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IPO of IoT cloud platform Tuya raises USD 915 million

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

Tencent-backed internet of things (IoT) cloud platform Tuya Smart (NYSE: TUYA) opened for trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, raising USD 915 million with at an initial offering price of USD 21, higher than its original target of USD 20. The stock finished the session at USD 25, up 19%.

KEY STAT | Stock of Chinese IoT cloud software Tuya rallies in NYSE debut

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