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

Consumer Economy

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

Hardware

China

Its scanners count the US Congress among their users.

This Shenzhen-based company turned scanners into a big business and is eyeing broader office tech expansion

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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Agibot

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

Deep Tech

Embodied Intelligence

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

Malaysia

Southeast Asia

The Chinese robotics company is deploying its technology at Malaysia’s i-City, marking the first step in a regional rollout across Southeast Asia.

Agibot kicks off APAC expansion with Malaysia launch event

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AI Infrastructure

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

The data center rush is fueling massive demand for power equipment and cooling systems.

Chinese suppliers set to gain from global AI boom despite trade tensions

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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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Amity plans to invest heavily in AI and work automation, and believes chatbots will be one of the main mediums in which AI will be able to assist humans in the workplace.

Thai billionaire heir’s Eko announces acquisition, new parent firm

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Tech in Asia

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

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

Autonomous Vehicles

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

Electric Vehicles

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

Transportation

Startup eyes data-sharing tie-ups to scrap 'safety drivers' by 2024.

Tencent-backed Momenta begins robotaxi trials this fall

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

Venture Capital

The firm founded by Eduardo Saverin now has USD 1.4 billion of assets under management.

B Capital Group closes its second fund at USD 820 million

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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.

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

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

Apple

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

Temasek, a Singaporean state-owned investment firm, drives sustainable growth, strategic acquisitions, and innovation in global markets.

Temasek

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

WeChat

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

Zomato, an Indian food delivery platform, lets customers discover eateries, order meals, and explore culinary experiences.

Zomato

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

Entertainment

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

Gaming

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

Live Streaming

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

Short Video

How can businesses drive positive change? Study policies, ESG strategies, and community initiatives fostering global social advancement.

Social Impact

Seven out of the top 20 most-downloaded apps in India in 2020 are on the list.

India just banned 59 Chinese apps, including some of country's most popular

India just banned 59 Chinese apps, including some of country&#8217;s most popular

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

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

Edtech

Edtech companies in the first half of 2020 received USD 795 million in funding, compared to USD 108 million it attracted in the same period last year.

Edtech firm Vedantu in talks with Coatue Management for a USD 100 million check

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

The new JV, called Wibot, hopes to bring autonomous street-cleaning vehicles to the US and Europe.

CHINA BRIEF | Autowise.ai teams up with Boschung to bring autonomous street sweepers to Europe, US

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The report provides separate reviews for their separate specific strengths

Tel Aviv, Jerusalem rank sixth in new Global Startup Ecosystem Report

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At its annual game conference, Tencent announced new mobile games based on Japanese game franchises Street Fighter, Metal Slug, and Dynasty Warriors.

Tencent to create mobile versions of famous Japanese games such as Street Fighter, Metal Slug

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South China Morning Post

Byton, which promised a vehicle with a 48-inch video screen spanning the whole dashboard, is unlikely to launch its debut model anytime soon.