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

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

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Open-source models from Z.ai and DeepSeek draw big-name users such as Coinbase and Uber.

Chinese AI usage by US firms soared after Mythos restrictions

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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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

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

Shein

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

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

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

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Hong Kong

The notice suggests the fast fashion giant may have already filed confidentially with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Shein clears Hong Kong IPO hurdle with CSRC filing notice

IPO Zaozhidao is a Chinese media outlet that provides timely coverage of IPO developments and related market signals.

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IPO Zaozhidao

Image shows the Viatrix exoskeleton, developed by ULS Robotics.

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

Robotics

Its Viatrix exoskeleton is designed to make long walks easier, targeting everyday consumers rather than elite athletes.

ULS Robotics brings sci-fi mecha closer to consumers through hiking gear

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

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How can businesses drive positive change? Study policies, ESG strategies, and community initiatives fostering global social advancement.

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As several major data leaks lead to calls for urgent action, lawmakers debate the details of a data protection bill.

Indonesian government bans hacker forum after leak, in talks over data protection bill

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Ursula Florene

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

India

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

Venture Capital

Fat checks from marquee investors have already catapulted 13 startups into unicorns so far this year.

VCs pump USD 7.8 billion into Indian startups in the first four months of 2021

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Discover how Japan’s advanced manufacturing, robotics, and consumer electronics brands drive global technology trends.

Japan

Toyota, a Japanese automaker, produces a wide range of vehicles, focusing on reliability, efficiency, and innovation in mobility.

Toyota

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

Autonomous Vehicles

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

Mobility

Both ahead of IT giants in patent terms, as traditional techniques come into focus.

Ford and Toyota top self-driving technology league table

Boss Zhipin is China's largest online job site by monthly active users. The Chinese company behind online recruiting app Boss Zhipin, which literally means "Boss direct recruitment," on Friday submitted its prospectus for a public listing on Nasdaq, aiming to raise around USD 300 million, The Paper reported.

KEY STAT | Recruiting app Boss Zhipin files for Nasdaq IPO

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Julianna Wu

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

How do policies adjust to a data-rich world? Explore usage-based coverage, automated claims, and analytics guiding risk assessment.

Insurance

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

Investment

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

Lending

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Fintech startup Finology won the Seedstars World Competition, earning USD 500,000 in funding.

Malaysian startup wins Seedstars World Competition, a first for the country

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Vulcan Post

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

Middle East

SAIPS is developing algorithms that connect with the precise three-dimensional mapping of the self-driving vehicle’s surroundings.

Israeli startup SAIPS is helping Ford roll out self-driving vehicle by 2022

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NoCamels

Oyo, an Indian hospitality platform, aggregates affordable accommodations, bringing travelers budget hotels and homestays under one brand.

What drives global exploration? Discover evolving tourism trends, hospitality services, and the shift toward personalized travel experiences.

Travel

Oyo Hotels is seeking USD 600 million to replenish its cash reserves, as India's second wave of coronavirus and subsequent lockdowns have once again wiped the demand for its services in the country.

Oyo seeks USD 600 million loan as India's second wave disrupts its recovery efforts

Oyo seeks USD 600 million loan as India&#8217;s second wave disrupts its recovery efforts

NetEase, a Chinese Internet services firm, offers online gaming, music streaming, and e-commerce platforms, engaging millions of digital users.

NetEase

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

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

Creative

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

Entertainment

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

Gaming

The gaming boom in China continues unabated with a large pipeline of new titles.

KEY STAT | NetEase releases new games to take on Tencent

Tencent increased its profits to USD 7.3 billion in the first quarter.

Tencent posts strong Q1 earnings, readies investment boost despite regulatory risk

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