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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

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

Entertainment

China

Bird Buddy and Birdfy are defining a new product category where bird feeders do more than just feed.

As smart feeders reshape birdwatching, can early leaders keep their perch?

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How do trustless ledgers transform industries? Investigate decentralized databases, smart contracts, and infrastructure powering secure transactions.

Blockchain

Where do digital assets find value? Consider market volatility, decentralized exchanges, and blockchain protocols shaping crypto economies.

Cryptocurrencies

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

Tokenization promises broader financial access, but without clear standards, it risks delivering abstraction over inclusion.

Tokenized assets are quietly reshaping market access, but structure will determine impact

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Alec Goh

BYD, a Chinese EV maker, produces electric cars, buses, and batteries, accelerating adoption of sustainable transportation worldwide.

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 powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

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

Mobility

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

Transportation

India

The EV maker led 2024 sales but its pricing and lack of local manufacturing raise concerns.

BYD sets India sales record on back of dealership expansion

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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

Qingdao Airlines worked with China Satcom to provide in-flight internet with speeds faster than 100 Mbps.

A Chinese airline offers 100 Mbps satellite internet for the first time

The founders of Nomad Homes. Courtesy of Nomad Homes via MENAbytes.

The firm plans to go online in Europe too.

Dubai’s Nomad Homes raises USD 4 million seed to make buying and renting homes easier

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MENAbytes

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

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

Venture Capital

Equity funding in H1 2020 decreased by around 29% to USD 4.2 billion across 461 rounds, from USD 5.9 billion funding in H1 2019, the report said.

More startups incorporated in H1 2020 in India than last year: Report

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

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

Edtech

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

Education

While online English learning companies are well-known in China, art tutoring platform Meishubao just closed a Tencent-led C+ round.

More than ESL: Art tutoring startup gets Tencent funding amid China online education boom

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Song Jingli

Japanese company uses e-learning to bolster standing in India.

Panasonic learning app aims to give Indians edge in exams and jobs

Despite the pandemic, the total second quarter capital raising was one of the highest ever, a new report by the IVC Research Center and an Israeli law firm showed.

Israeli companies raise USD 2.5 billion in 170 deals during Q2 2020 but feel COVID-19 impact

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NoCamels

The app's parent company, BlueCity, raised USD 85 million in its IPO, at USD 16 per share.

CHINA BRIEF | Chinese LGBTQ dating platform Blued rises 47% on Nasdaq debut

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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WeChat and AliPay Expanding their Businesses into Canadian Universities

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

Apple

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

Payments

QR code payments are already widely popular in China, and Apple adoption could help it catch on elsewhere.

Apple Pay could add QR code payments to iOS 14, similar to China’s WeChat and Alipay

Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

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

On-demand Services

China’s central bank partners with Didi Chuxing to advance its sovereign digital currency payment program trials.

Didi partners with China’s central bank on digital currency research and development

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