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What drives digital storytelling? Examine content creation, distribution channels, and media platforms connecting audiences worldwide.

Content

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

Who thrives in a digitally democratized landscape? Discover how independent creators, influencers, and educators monetize content and expertise.

Creator Economy

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

Entertainment

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 do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

Video

China

MrBeast and IShowSpeed are among foreign influencers tapping into China's 1.1 billion internet users.

China embraces US YouTubers in push to enhance soft power

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

Retail

The brand is betting that home life’s next frontier lies just beyond the back door.

From sofas to prefab spaces, Outer wants to shape the future of backyard living

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

E-commerce

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

On-demand Services

With cheap phones and scripted content, they gamed the platform’s algorithm to dominate product search and sales.

These middle-aged men know Xiaohongshu better than anyone, and they’re all in Zhengzhou

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

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What extends a car’s lifecycle beyond the showroom? Investigate spare parts, performance upgrades, and services fueling the secondary automotive market.

Automotive Aftermarket

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

Transportation

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

Venture Capital

The deal comes as sales of first-hand automobiles in China dived 42% year-on-year in the first two months of this year.

CHINA BRIEF | B2B automotive e-commerce platform Maihaoche secures USD 20 million in new funding round

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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.

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

Huawei

The initiative marks a major step forward to achieve mainstream adoption of blockchain technology across China’s industries.

China enlists Huawei, Tencent, Ant Financial in national blockchain committee to set standards

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South China Morning Post

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

In all, USD 35.1 million will be administered for short- and long-time support schemes.

Solidarity Fund offers financial help for ASEAN fintech companies hit by COVID-19

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Ursula Florene

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

Ant Group

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

Blockchain

The system helps to create digital products for multi-party collaborations.

CHINA BRIEF | Ant Financial launches blockchain platform for small firms and developers

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

Hardware

Tie-up to start with OLED panels with ultrasonic fingerprint sensors.

Panel maker BOE teams with Qualcomm despite US-China rivalry

The firm has a track record of backing popular startups early on.

Quest Ventures raises USD 50 million for investments in Southeast and Central Asia

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Thu Huong Le

How do we operate off Earth? Explore satellites, launch services, and research ventures pioneering new space economies.

Space Tech

Two state-owned companies are racing to catch up with SpaceX’s Starlink to provide internet from space.

Why the coronavirus slowed China’s plan to take on Elon Musk’s internet satellites

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

Payments

Airwallex said it's on the lookout for potential acquisitions in the payments space.

Fintech unicorn Airwallex nets USD 160 million to expand worldwide

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Tech in Asia

While India has extended the nationwide lockdown till May 3, it is allowing industries to resume operations in a phased manner.

Indian e-tailers might soon begin operations despite the lockdown

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

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