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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.

China

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

East Asia

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 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

The Chinese automaker is keeping its foot on the gas in its push toward vehicle autonomy.

BYD says it will stay the course on assisted and smart driving

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36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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

Ant Group

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

Artificial Intelligence

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

Deep Tech

What happens when banking goes virtual? Study no-branch platforms, biometric authentication, and seamless financial services.

Digital Banks

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

How do policies adjust to a data-rich world? Explore usage-based coverage, automated claims, and analytics guiding risk assessment.

Insurance

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

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

Payments

The rollout reflects a broader shift in financial AI from experimentation to scaled deployment.

Ant debuts finance-focused large model as AI takes hold in banking

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

Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, showcases locally popular short videos, influencer content, and creative challenges optimized for China’s market.

Douyin

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

Consumer Economy

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

E-commerce

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

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

On-demand Services

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

Retail

The restructuring aims to tighten logistics and capture more ground in China’s instant retail market.

Douyin folds supermarket unit into Xiaoshida in quick commerce push

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

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The company's digital payment services have been used by more than one-third of the country's population.

CHINA BRIEF | Ant Financial invests USD 73.5 million in Myanmar firm Wave Money

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Song Jingli

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

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

SoftBank

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

Venture Capital

Independent directors named as CEO Son tries to boost confidence after big loss.

Jack Ma leaves SoftBank board after 13 years

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Nikkei Asia

Netizens wonder if it's a move to build the payment app's user base.

Razer is offering free masks in Singapore, but you'll need to download Razer Pay to get one

Razer is offering free masks in Singapore, but you&#8217;ll need to download Razer Pay to get one

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Vulcan Post

How do machines identify faces? Examine security measures, privacy debates, and tech frameworks driving facial recognition adoption.

Facial Recognition

By end-September, all marriage registries in Xian will have automated terminals where couples can obtain their marriage certificates by scanning their faces.

Couples in Xian, China will soon be able to register their marriages with face scans

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South China Morning Post

Huawei, a global telecom and smartphone vendor, delivers networking equipment, 5G solutions, and consumer devices integrating cutting-edge tech.

Huawei

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

Hardware

Flagship model Mate 30 now only has 1% American components.

Huawei teardown shows US ban made company turn to Chinese parts

SaaS (Software-as-a-service) is expected to grow to USD 20 billion by 2022, may turn out to be the sweet spot for investors in India.

SaaS companies to bypass PE and VC funding slowdown induced by COVID-19: Bain & Co

SaaS companies to bypass PE and VC funding slowdown induced by COVID-19: Bain &#038; Co

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

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

The company has gone live an enterprise-facing cloud service platform called Huoshan Yinqing.

ByteDance ventures into cloud computing sector with launch of Huoshan Yinqing

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

Reliance

Using Bluetooth and GPS data, Aarogya Setu app lets users know if there are any coronavirus cases in their vicinity, or if they have come in contact with a COVID-19 positive person.

India rolls out its contact tracing app Aarogya Setu on Reliance Jio's feature phones

India rolls out its contact tracing app Aarogya Setu on Reliance Jio&#8217;s feature phones

Aizen's mission is to redesign digital banking with automated machine learning technology.

South Korean AI startup Aizen nets USD 4.2 million to expand in Southeast Asia

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