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How do virtual worlds expand reality? Discover AR/VR tools, content creation, and platforms layering digital information onto everyday life.

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

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IPO Zaozhidao is a Chinese media outlet that provides timely coverage of IPO developments and related market signals.

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Huawei's booth at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai 2026.

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

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

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

Artificial Intelligence

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

Telecommunications

Telecom carriers could eventually earn from AI activity on their networks.

Huawei lays out six priorities for AI-era mobile networks

Singapore-based reporter covering tech and business across China and APAC, with a focus on globally relevant stories. Writes under an alias.

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When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

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

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A small float helped amplify the stock’s swing, turning its IPO into a test of investor sentiment.

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

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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.

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

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

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Asia’s most valuable company raised USD 12.9 billion in the biggest IPO globally this year.

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NetEase, a Chinese Internet services firm, offers online gaming, music streaming, and e-commerce platforms, engaging millions of digital users.

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

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The game publisher has also been criticized by many Chinese netizens.

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Ill former NetEase employee sues the company for &#8216;unfair termination,’ seeking USD 88,000 compensation 

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

Venture Capital

The Bahraini fund has supported 7 Indian companies till date.

Investcorp backs Indian kidney care provider NephroPlus with USD 45 million

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Priya Pradeep

The world’s largest online retailer closed its own Chinese domestic marketplace in July.

Amazon to open store on Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo in time for Black Friday: sources

Block71 hopes to tap into Vietnam's burgeoning startup ecosystem.

Singapore's startup hub Block71 expands to Vietnam

Singapore&#8217;s startup hub Block71 expands to Vietnam

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Thu Huong Le

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

WeChat

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

Fintech

Beijing is moving more and more of its governmental services online.

Chinese government digitizes national healthcare system with Alibaba and Tencent

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Sun Henan

Both rival telcos plan to speed up 5G deployment together while remaining competitive in other areas.

Malaysia's two major telcos sign MoU to accelerate 5G rollout nationwide

Malaysia&#8217;s two major telcos sign MoU to accelerate 5G rollout nationwide

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Sharmila Ganapathy

The latest round brings the firm's total funding to USD 70 million.

Payments firm 2C2P banks USD 52 million to expand beyond Southeast Asia

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The platform also wants to monetize the new function to drive revenues.

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Ill former NetEase employee sues the company for ‘unfair termination,’ seeking USD 88,000 compensation

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Singapore’s startup hub Block71 expands to Vietnam

Chinese government digitizes national healthcare system with Alibaba and Tencent

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