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

Deep Tech

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

Energy

China

The startup is developing a streamlined reactor design that could make fusion energy cheaper, faster to build, and easier to commercialize.

Meet Xeonova, an Ant-backed startup powering China’s nuclear fusion ambitions

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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

Miniso sells low-cost lifestyle goods, home essentials, and personal care items, making everyday products accessible to broader markets.

Miniso

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

Hong Kong

With half its sales still tied to Miniso, the toy maker now faces the challenge of proving it can stand on its own.

Top Toy’s Hong Kong IPO puts its IP strategy to the test

What drives digital storytelling? Examine content creation, distribution channels, and media platforms connecting audiences worldwide.

Content

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

Investors are wary if the studio can deliver another hit after Ne Zha 2.

Enlight Media caps record year, but questions linger after Ne Zha 2 boom

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

News | KrASIA

How does learning transcend classrooms? Investigate online courses, adaptive learning tools, and global educational platforms.

Education

Online Education

As student enrollment is recovering, Rise is exploring the online-merge-offline education model.

Rise Education’s shares jump after Morgan Stanley upgrade

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Gozde Celik

Amazon leads e-commerce, streaming (Prime Video), and AWS cloud infrastructure, redefining retail, media, and data services.

Amazon

Reliance drives digital retail, telecommunication services, and entertainment offerings, shaping India’s consumer and connectivity environment.

Reliance

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

Medtech

Reliance Retail has acquired a majority stake in Netmeds for USD 83 million.

Reliance and Amazon to rejig power balance in India's online pharma sector

Reliance and Amazon to rejig power balance in India&#8217;s online pharma sector

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Apple designs iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers, coupling sleek hardware with robust software ecosystems and service offerings.

Apple

Google dominates online search, digital ads, and cloud solutions, powering discovery, analytics, and smartphone operating systems.

Google

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

Game developers in China and around the world are caught between the legal altercation involving Epic, Apple, and Google.

Epic-Apple dispute hurts games powered by Unreal Engine, including PUBG Mobile

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

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

Autonomous Vehicles

The startup provides a self-driving system priced at about RMB 250,000 (USD 36,151), one of the cheapest of its kind in China.

DeepRoute links up with Cao Cao Mobility to roll out robotaxi fleet in Hangzhou

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Song Jingli

Chinese gaming leader diversifies portfolio toward 'hyper casual' mobile games.

Tencent acquires stake in French game developer Voodoo

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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SEA to offer $400m convertible notes after losses tripled in Q1

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

Southeast Asia

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

E-commerce

Sea Group

Sea Group's Shopee booked over USD 8 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) during the second quarter, up 110% compared to 2019.

Sea Group's growth booms on back of core e-commerce and gaming businesses

Sea Group&#8217;s growth booms on back of core e-commerce and gaming businesses

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AJ Cortese

What drives digital education adoption? Analyze e-learning apps, AI-driven assessments, and tools enhancing student engagement.

Edtech

500 Startups

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doyobi

Funding

pre-seed

round

startup

xoogler angels

Doyobi aims to "help kids grow into original thinkers and develop a sense of purpose" by making coding fun and interactive. 

Singapore-based edtech Doyobi bags USD 1 million in round led by 500 Startups and Xoogler Angels

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Yin Lin Tan

Fawry currently offers over 250 electronic payment services through its network of over 105,000 service points across 300 cities in Egypt. Courtesy of Fawry via MENAbytes.

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

The company offers over 250 electronic payment services, and is the only tech company traded publicly in Egypt.

Egypt’s Fawry is now a billion-dollar company

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MENAbytes

Wave Money will focus on an app started in 2018 for paying bills and making online purchases, tapping the expertise of Alipay. Photo by Yuichi Nitta for Nikkei Asian Review.

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Yoma Group said it will integrate Alibaba’s credit analysis technology into the Wave Money mobile payment app.

Wave Money rolls out new credit scores with Alibaba’s tech

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