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

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

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

Its new search interface is part chatbot, part creative tool, and part concierge, but whether users will embrace it at scale remains an open question.

Baidu reimagines search as the race to build the first AI superapp continues

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

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The Hong Kong-listed firm is advancing its pipeline using an mRNA system it says can compete with the industry’s best.

Everest Medicines targets global expansion with proprietary, AI-driven mRNA platform

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

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

Baidu denied reports that it is spinning off the unit and declined to comment on a potential listing of Xiaodu.

Baidu's voice AI unit Xiaodu raises funds independently, valued at USD 2.9 billion

Baidu&#8217;s voice AI unit Xiaodu raises funds independently, valued at USD 2.9 billion

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

Livestreaming e-commerce viewers in China, H1 2020: 309 million

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

Creative

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

Live Streaming

Roughly a third of China's internet users watched livestreaming e-commerce in the first six months of 2020.

KEY STAT | Livestreaming e-commerce is the fastest growing internet sector in China

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Julianna Wu

Efforts to secure crucial machinery and parts began early this year.

China's SMIC stockpiles chip equipment to counter US restrictions

China&#8217;s SMIC stockpiles chip equipment to counter US restrictions

Sogou is the latest among several Chinese companies retreating from the US capital markets amid ongoing tensions between the countries and tighter rules and scrutiny from US regulators.

Sogou to delist from NYSE, to become fully-owned subsidiary of Tencent

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Song Jingli

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

On-demand Services

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

The scooter-sharing firm is looking to expand into five more cities within the next 12 months.

E-scooter company Neuron Mobility notches USD 12 million from Australia’s Square Peg, GSR Ventures

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Ursula Florene

Photo of Ka Yi Ling (left) and Sandhya Sriram, co-founders of Shiok Meat.

What revolutionizes mealtimes? Investigate alternative proteins, supply chain tracking, and delivery services fueling the future of food.

Food Tech

Shiok Meats is developing cell-based shrimp, crab, and lobster and aims to commercialize its products in a few years.

Cell-based meat startup Shiok Meats bags USD 12.6 million in Series A round

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Yin Lin Tan

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

Southeast Asia

Currently, Khmerload has almost 5.8 million followers on Facebook, while its sister site, Myanmarload, has 9 million followers.

Thailand’s True Group leads Series A round in Cambodian media startup Mediaload

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Stephanie Li

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

E-commerce

The platform launched a fashion subscription service for women called ‘The Box.’

Cairo-based La Reina raises six-figure investment

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MENAbytes

How do machines identify faces? Examine security measures, privacy debates, and tech frameworks driving facial recognition adoption.

Facial Recognition

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

Internet of Things

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

Venture Capital

The round comes as the Chinese government calls on enterprises to develop their own core technologies.