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

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

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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

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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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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Hong Kong

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

Travel

According to Trip.com’s estimates, as much as 600 million people will travel during the eight-day holiday starting October 1.

Trip.com revenue drops 64% in Q2, but Golden Week brings hope

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

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

Mobility

It's Shanghai-based competitor Aiways has already entered Europe earlier this year.

KEY STAT | Chinese EV maker Xpeng to deliver its first order from Europe

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Julianna Wu

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

Food Tech

Cloud kitchens are on the rise in Indonesia, especially since the pandemic prompts people to earn additional income, usually by selling food and beverages.

Indonesian cloud kitchen Yummy Corp bags USD 12 million from SoftBank, others

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Ursula Florene

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

Venture Capital

After COVID, Hanoi aims to boost country's growth potential.

Vietnam to drive high-tech startups with new incentives

ShareChat, an Indian social media platform, connects users through regional language content, memes, and community-driven discussions.

ShareChat

Can brief clips hold lasting impact? Analyze short-form content trends, creator communities, and platform strategies for rapid viewer engagement.

Short Video

It's also in talks with investors to raise USD 100 million for its upcoming Series E.

Twitter-backed social media startup ShareChat raises USD 40 million pre-Series E

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Avanish Tiwary

Kashier's founders. Courtesy of Kashier via MENAbytes.

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

Kashier launched in 2019 after receiving the relevant licenses from the Central Bank of Egypt.

Egyptian payments platform Kashier raises six-figure seed

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MENAbytes

Mobileye's Amnon Shashua and Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, founding chairman of Al Habtoor Group, sign a strategic partnership deal to deploy self-driving vehicles in Dubai. Courtesy of Mobileye via NoCamels.

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

Autonomous Vehicles

The strategic partnership with Al Habtoor Group will place vehicles equipped with Mobileye’s Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) technology on the roads of Dubai.

Mobileye inks deal with UAE conglomerate to roll out autonomous vehicles in Dubai

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NoCamels

And its growth is sending chills down the spine of Lenovo, which is China's and the world's largest PC maker.

KEY STAT | Huawei said it's the second largest laptop vendor in China

KEY STAT | Huawei said it&#8217;s the second largest laptop vendor in China

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

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

JD.com

Meituan, China’s all-in-one local services platform, covers food delivery, travel bookings, and lifestyle deals, simplifying daily consumer choices.

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

Grocery Delivery

Tmall Supermarket could improve its delivery efficiency powered by Ele.me's extensive network of delivery riders.

Alibaba links Tmall Supermarket and Ele.me to expand on-demand grocery delivery

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