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Embodied Intelligence

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

China

Each of the startup’s robots advances a distinct aspect of embodied intelligence, from speed and industrial use to emotional interaction.

After breaking Boston Dynamics’ record, China’s Mirror Me targets new frontiers in robotics

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

Artificial Intelligence

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

Consumer Economy

The Meta Ray-Ban Display and rival devices may make personal AI agents a reality soon.

Are AI glasses the next smartphone race between the US and China?

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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.

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

East Asia

Xpeng Motors builds intelligent EVs equipped with advanced infotainment systems, autonomous features, and sleek electric mobility designs.

Xpeng Motors

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

Electric Vehicles

How are electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft transforming aviation and urban mobility? Explore how air taxis could redefine travel.

eVTOL Aircraft

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

Middle East

The company’s rebrand accompanies new orders that lift its global backlog to more than 7,000 aircraft units.

Xpeng AeroHT rebrands as Aridge, completes first manned eVTOL flight in Dubai

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

E-commerce

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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

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

Hardware

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

Ula approaches small retailers with a wide range of products, best prices, doorstep delivery, and pay-later options.

Indonesian marketplace Ula raises USD 10.5 million from Sequoia, Lightspeed India

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Cindy Silviana

The platform allows suppliers across Malaysia to sell their products in bulk to wholesalers, retailers, and consumers.

Malaysian B2B marketplace Dropee partners with agriculture ministry to maintain stable food supply chain

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