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China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

China

Dreame

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

East Asia

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

Dreame’s playbook carries echoes of Xiaomi’s rise.

Making sense of Dreame’s rocket-boosted car and automotive ambitions

Home

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

KrASIA

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

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

Hardware

Sonnoc is betting that triple-color laser technology, led by its Xiaolong series, can help it gain ground.

Triple-color laser opens a new window for Sonnoc’s projector ambitions

From left to right: Genping Liu, Dennis Sze, Lemuel Low, Edmund Tan, and Chan Yip Pang. Sze, Low, and Tan are co-founders of ReN3, while Liu and Chan serve as general partner and executive director of investments, respectively, at Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India.

How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

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

Why do firms join forces? Investigate synergy goals, valuation methods, and negotiations driving corporate consolidation.

Merger &amp; Acquisition

What happens after acquisitions close? Examine deal structures, operational improvements, and exit strategies molding corporate outcomes.

Private Equity

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

Venture Capital

Singapore

Southeast Asia

Thailand

Bringing you the latest updates on funding and investment activity across the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Vertex Ventures backs ReN3 and Formas.ai; Featherless and SiamDL raise Series A funding; latest China investments, and more

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Sudo Lim

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.

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

Augmented and Virtual Reality

Infinity Augmented Reality

The startup says it "trusts Alibaba's expertise in turning technologies into next-generation products"

Alibaba acquires Israeli augmented reality startup

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Song Jingli

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

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

On-demand Services

Indonesia

online motorcycl

online motorcycle taxi

regulations

The new tariff will take effect on May 1st 2019.

Indonesia sets minimum and maximum tariffs for on-demand motorcycle taxis

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Khamila Mulia

Digital audio

Nielsen

Podcasts

Radio

Online audio platforms are used by 82% of the country's online population

Over 650 million Chinese tuned into digital audio in 2018

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Lao Bei

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

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

Entertainment

Gaming

It's a new measure to prevent gaming addiction among school children

Tencent gives teachers access to their students' gaming usage data

Tencent gives teachers access to their students&#8217; gaming usage data

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Luna Lin

How does learning transcend classrooms? Investigate online courses, adaptive learning tools, and global educational platforms.

Education

Scratch

Tencent Games has announced a cooperation with Scratch, the programming playground developed by MIT Media Lab to help kids learn how to code. The

Tencent Games partners with Scratch, the MIT Media Lab tool that teaches kids how to code

China FAW Group Corporation

Dongfeng Motor Group Company Limited

Suning

Neither tech companies nor old-school car makers can win the future mobility market alone, which means collaboration is a rising trend.

Alibaba, Tencent, Suning, and several Chinese automakers formed an alliance to invest in smart mobility

What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

Didi

murder

Didi has been enhancing its safety measures since one female passenger was raped and killed in May and another in August.

Didi confirms one of its drivers was killed by a passenger

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

Fintech

Dana

Mobile wallet

Payments

This is the fourth country in Southeast Asia where the e-wallet has a presence.

Samsung Pay swipes into Indonesia

Beike

Chinese internet firms are after the land you stand on.