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

Consumer Economy

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

Creative

Where do style and commerce meet? Examine supply chains, sustainable sourcing, and digital trends influencing global fashion markets.

Fashion

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The sector is expanding much faster than broader economies in the region.

Southeast Asian beauty brands seek overseas gloss to bolster growth

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Nikkei Asia

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

China

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

Keeta, an independent brand of Meituan, specializes in food and consumer product delivery services.

Keeta

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

Xiaoxiang Supermarket leverages digital channels to deliver groceries and essentials directly to local consumers’ doorsteps.

Xiaoxiang Supermarket

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

E-commerce

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

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

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Keeta is gaining traction in international markets as the company ramps up investments in AI and retail initiatives.

Meituan’s overseas push steadies investors despite second consecutive loss

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T. K. Lin

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 operating system is designed to let devices generate and execute code using natural language.

After OpenClaw, this company aims to build “vibe hardware” powered by AI agents

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

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

News | KrASIA

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

Kuaishou, best known for its short video platform, drives user-generated content, influencer marketing, and community engagement through shareable clips.

Kuaishou

TikTok hosts short-form videos spanning entertainment, education, and branded content, capturing global audiences and driving cultural trends.

TikTok

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

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

Short Video

ByteDance said that it is considering to spin off some businesses for standalone listings, but that has yet to be finalized.

ByteDance considers listing Douyin business in Hong Kong

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

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

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

Gaming

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

Venture Capital

The company will use new funds to build e-sports facilities and roll out short video e-sports content, among other initiatives.

Tencent and Kuaishou invest in e-sports startup VSPN

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Song Jingli

Foundation Ventures closes debut fund for Egyptian startups

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

Over a year old, Foundation Ventures is operated by three former investment bankers who are claiming their stake in a maturing investment ecosystem.

Foundation Ventures closes its debut fund to invest in early-stage Egyptian startups

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MENAbytes

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

Fintech

The Aqumon app, which has been downloaded 100,000 times, offers access to low-cost ETF portfolios.

Magnum Research closes pre-Series B round backed by Lenovo Capital, Alibaba, others

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Ursula Florene

Lufax New York IPO to raise USD 2.4 billion

Lufax's initial public offering would become one of the biggest by a Chinese company in the US this year.

KEY STAT | Chinese fintech unicorn Lufax to collect USD 2.36 billion in New York IPO

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Julianna Wu

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

Since its launch in September 2019, the customer base has jumped to 25,000 employees, processing salaries of up to USD 1 million per month.

Myanmar HR tech startup Better HR plans expansion in Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos

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Stephanie Li

PhonePe, a digital wallet in India, enables UPI payments, money transfers, and merchant transactions through a user-friendly app.

PhonePe

The move would also help improve the acceptance of digital payments across the country.

India bars payment firms from issuing new proprietary QR codes to improve interoperability

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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.

The move comes months after Alibaba announced a USD 1.5 billion investment plan to strengthen the AI and Internet-of-Things (AIoT) ecosystem around its smart speaker Tmall Genie.

Alibaba opens its conversational AI tech, expanding its use beyond smart speakers

WeChat, Tencent’s superapp, combines messaging, social media, mobile payments, and mini-programs, streamlining daily tasks for over a billion users.

WeChat

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

Cybersecurity

Measure would open door to retaliation for Washington's targeting of TikTok and WeChat.