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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

China

Coffee

Nowwa’s shop-in-shop model has lowered costs, but also made quality control and brand building harder.

After crossing 10,000 stores, Nowwa Coffee faces the hard part

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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Cheng Zi is based in China, covering technology- and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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Cheng Zi

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

Alibaba Cloud powers scalable cloud computing, data analytics, and cybersecurity solutions, supporting businesses’ digital transformation worldwide.

Alibaba Cloud

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

Taobao, Alibaba’s consumer-to-consumer marketplace, connects Chinese shoppers with diverse products, from fashion and electronics to everyday essentials.

Taobao

Tmall, Alibaba’s B2C platform, hosts premium brands and official stores, offering authenticated products to Chinese consumers seeking quality goods.

Tmall

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

Investors now have a clearer commercialization story, while Taobao Shangou shifts from subsidies to unit economics.

Has Alibaba’s AI bets started to meet the revenue test?

Li Auto develops electric vehicles that combine smart cockpit systems, advanced safety features, and long-distance battery support.

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 updated flagship SUV is the Chinese automaker’s first major move to defend its market position.

Li Auto plays its hand with the new Li L9, starting at RMB 459,800

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

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The company is currently hiring designers to create "Chinese style" vehicles.

Tesla to establish design and research center in China

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Sun Henan

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

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

WeChat

Content creators can charge as much as USD 30 for original content.

WeChat launches paywall to drive revenue to content creators

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

Nio, a Chinese electric car maker, specializes in high-performance EVs, battery-swapping solutions, and autonomous driving technologies.

Nio’s shares surged over 17% on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday.

Chinese automaker GAC in talks with Nio over potential USD 150 million investment

Amazon leads e-commerce, streaming (Prime Video), and AWS cloud infrastructure, redefining retail, media, and data services.

Amazon

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

E-commerce

Bezos said 21st century is going to be the Indian century.

Jeff Bezos announces investment of over USD 1 billion to digitize Indian sellers (Updated)

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Avanish Tiwary

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

Hardware

India competes with markets like China and Vietnam which have far better manufacturing policies.

India may roll out export benefits for smartphone companies

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

The firm provides intelligent computer vision solutions for the wind power and retail industries.

AI and drone startup Clobotics bags USD 10 million from Tiger Investment to expand to Singapore

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Song Jingli

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

How does information move at light speed? Review 5G rollouts, fiber networks, and connectivity standards advancing global communication.

Telecommunications

Xiaomi starts offering 5G data plans to boost smartphone sales

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

Fintech

More traditional banks are venturing into 's PayLater segment.

Indonesia's Traveloka partners with state lender BNI for PayLater service

Indonesia&#8217;s Traveloka partners with state lender BNI for PayLater service

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Khamila Mulia

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

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

Short Video

TikTok will have a dedicated channel on iflix.