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

Hardware

Once reliant on the US, Chinese brands are pivoting to new markets to blunt the impact of trade tensions.

US tariffs push Chinese hardware startups to redraw global roadmaps | KrASIA

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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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Bukalapak, an Indonesian marketplace, empowers small merchants and connects consumers with diverse products online.

Bukalapak

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

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

Consumer Services

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

On-demand Services

Indonesia

The Indonesian firm booked its first quarterly profit since restructuring began.

Bukalapak returns to profit in Q1 after shedding physical sales | KrASIA

Bukalapak returns to profit in Q1 after shedding physical sales

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Sudo Lim

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

Gojek

GoTo, formed by Gojek and Tokopedia, merges ride-hailing, logistics, and retail into a single super-app ecosystem.

GoTo

Tokopedia, an Indonesian online marketplace, empowers entrepreneurs, brands, and SMEs to reach digital-savvy consumers.

Tokopedia

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

Fintech

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 goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

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

Ride-hailing

GoTo’s delivery, mobility, and fintech units all posted gains.

GoTo posts EBITDA profit in Q1 as Grab merger rumors simmer | KrASIA

GoTo posts EBITDA profit in Q1 as Grab merger rumors simmer

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How do we store tomorrow’s power? Evaluate battery R&amp;D, manufacturing progress, and recycling strategies fueling energy independence.

Batteries

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

Deep Tech

How is power evolving? Review renewable sources, grid innovations, and efficiency measures driving cleaner, more resilient energy systems.

Energy

Eve Energy’s new large-format cylindrical cells are built for faster production, flexible chemistries, and stronger crash resistance.

Round, rugged, and ready: Eve Energy sees cylindrical batteries as “optimal solution” for EVs | KrASIA

Round, rugged, and ready: Eve Energy sees cylindrical batteries as “optimal solution” for EVs

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

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

ByteDance

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

Nvidia develops GPUs for gaming, AI, and data centers, fueling graphics, machine learning, and compute-intensive workloads.

Nvidia

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

Tencent

The US market serves as both the backbone and the driving force behind global technological advancements.

What powers digital devices? Delve into chip design, manufacturing bottlenecks, and semiconductor breakthroughs fueling global electronics.

Semiconductors

The Chinese internet giants aimed to snap up one million H20 chips before the latest US curbs.

ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent stockpile billions worth of Nvidia chips | KrASIA

ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent stockpile billions worth of Nvidia chips

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

Entertainment

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

Unity sees vehicles as the “fourth screen,” expanding the frontier of user engagement beyond televisions, computers, and smartphones.

Unity China steps up automotive push with digital twins, smart cockpits, and in-car gaming | KrASIA

Unity China steps up automotive push with digital twins, smart cockpits, and in-car gaming

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How are electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft transforming aviation and urban mobility? Explore how air taxis could redefine travel.

eVTOLs

At Auto Shanghai, Sunwoda rolled out new battery systems for ultrafast EV charging and next-generation air transport.

Sunwoda’s latest batteries could drive new gains in EVs and urban air mobility | KrASIA

Sunwoda’s latest batteries could drive new gains in EVs and urban air mobility

How are driverless systems redefining mobility? Uncover sensor technologies, regulatory frameworks, and AI driving cars without human intervention.

Autonomous Vehicles

With domestic sourcing and local R&D, Aptiv is betting on growth in China while sidestepping tariff risks.

Aptiv leans into China’s EV boom with localized smart driving tech | KrASIA

Aptiv leans into China’s EV boom with localized smart driving tech

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

Retail

Yonghui Superstores reported a full-year loss, but says its remodeled stores and supply chain reforms are paving the way for a turnaround.

Yonghui’s store revamp shows early gains, but a full recovery will take time | KrASIA

Yonghui’s store revamp shows early gains, but a full recovery will take time

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

Huawei

The latest platform features Huawei’s WEWA architecture, which ingests streams from LiDAR, radar, and vision sensors to train for rare edge cases.

News

Bukalapak returns to profit in Q1 after shedding physical sales

GoTo posts EBITDA profit in Q1 as Grab merger rumors simmer

Round, rugged, and ready: Eve Energy sees cylindrical batteries as “optimal solution” for EVs

ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent stockpile billions worth of Nvidia chips

Unity China steps up automotive push with digital twins, smart cockpits, and in-car gaming

Sunwoda’s latest batteries could drive new gains in EVs and urban air mobility

Aptiv leans into China’s EV boom with localized smart driving tech

Yonghui’s store revamp shows early gains, but a full recovery will take time

Huawei’s Qiankun 4.0 targets Level 3 driving autonomy with radar and AI upgrades

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US tariffs push Chinese hardware startups to redraw global roadmaps

Bukalapak returns to profit in Q1 after shedding physical sales

GoTo posts EBITDA profit in Q1 as Grab merger rumors simmer