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

Consumer Economy

China

Bloks is pushing into North America and Southeast Asia with low-cost licensed toy sets, but must prove it can build on more than borrowed IP.

China’s Lego rival turns the page with first profit and global push

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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.

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

Freshippo

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

Retail

Alibaba is leaning on Hema NB to anchor its discount retail push.

Hema NB doubles stores in six months to gain ground in China’s fragmented grocery market

What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

Hardware

Hong Kong

Once China’s breakout 3D printing brand, Creality now faces stiffer competition and is expanding into scanners and laser engravers.

Creality gears up for Hong Kong IPO as it looks beyond 3D printing

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

News | KrASIA

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

Google

Meta oversees social networks (like Facebook and Instagram), messaging apps, VR platforms, and digital ads, connecting billions across continents.

Microsoft

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

Reliance

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

E-commerce

Jio Platforms has divested a 22.3% stake for over USD 13.7 billion, from nine high profile investors.

US-based PE firms TPG and L Catterton become latest investors in Reliance's Jio Platforms (Update)

US-based PE firms TPG and L Catterton become latest investors in Reliance&#8217;s Jio Platforms (Update)

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Avanish Tiwary

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

Tpay Mobile was previously acquired by African investment firm Helios Investment Partner.

Dubai fintech firm Tpay Mobile acquires Turkish payments company Payguru

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China's cyberspace administration forced Weibo to pause certain features for one week in the wake of a scandal involving an Alibaba exec.

Regulators punish Weibo for cutting info about Alibaba exec's scandal

Regulators punish Weibo for cutting info about Alibaba exec&#8217;s scandal

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Song Jingli

How do virtual worlds expand reality? Discover AR/VR tools, content creation, and platforms layering digital information onto everyday life.

Augmented and Virtual Reality

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

Gaming

Developers in the world’s most expensive housing market rely on high-tech clubhouses to attract home-buyers.

Included with your next apartment: VR pods and e-sports arenas

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

A clutch of grocery e-retailers have raised fresh capital in the post-coronavirus era.

Online group-buying platform Tongcheng Life closes USD 200 million fundraising

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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Oppo, a Chinese smartphone producer, emphasizes advanced camera features, sleek designs, and immersive audiovisual experiences.

Oppo

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

India levies over 20% import duty on smartphones to encourage local manufacturing.

Smartphone manufacturers to import devices from China to cater to the India market

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

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 investment was led by CTC Capital and joined by private equity firm Sinowisdom.

CHINA BRIEF | IoT chip firm Xinyi bags USD 28.3 million in Series A+ round

Chinaccelerator’s 17th batch leverages AI and blockchain across sectors such as social commerce, media, fintech, digital therapeutics, esports, travel, and health.

SOSV names the 14 startups in latest Chinaccelerator cohort

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Tech in Asia

SoftBank is a global tech investor fueling startups, telecommunications ventures, and AI-driven innovations across international markets.

SoftBank

British company reveals whistleblower complaints and claims "irregularities."

SoftBank's Arm fires China head but unit says otherwise

SoftBank&#8217;s Arm fires China head but unit says otherwise

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