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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

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

East Asia

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

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

Tencent's first-quarter results soared past expectations, thanks to AI-enhanced ads and games.

Tencent says chip stockpile can power AI training for "generations" despite US ban

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Tencent says chip stockpile can power AI training for &#8220;generations&#8221; despite US ban

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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Nikkei Asia

How do connected devices shape daily life? Examine IoT sensors, data platforms, and security protocols integrating smart tech into homes and cities.

Internet of Things

The company’s sensors weave into textiles and surfaces, offering a scalable haptics solution for robots, vehicles, and smart environments.

With fresh funding, JQ Industries bets on fiber sensors to give machines a sense of touch

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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Image of the YU7, a pure electric SUV by Xiaomi. It is scheduled for release in mid-2025.

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

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

With the YU7, Xiaomi seeks not only redemption, but a shot at surpassing Tesla.

After SU7 setback, Xiaomi reboots EV push with safer, smarter YU7

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Startup Stories

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Startup

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

Southeast Asia

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

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

Payments

Around 2,600 merchants have signed up with the payment aggregator.

Clik is cultivating Cambodia's next generation of fintech leaders: Startup Stories

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Khamila Mulia

India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

India

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

What revolutionizes mealtimes? Investigate alternative proteins, supply chain tracking, and delivery services fueling the future of food.

Food Tech

DotPe helps restaurants with catalogue management, in-store ordering, digital payments, and customer engagement.

DotPe challenges Zomato and Swiggy with F&B enterprise tools | Startup Stories

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Avanish Tiwary

Payfazz enables online payment points in rural areas of Indonesia. The firm currently works with over 250,000 agents serving 10 million users.

Digitizing Indonesian's rural towns via a vast network of agents: Startup Stories

Singapore

The company believes that the future of fintech is a convergence between banks and retailers.

SoCash is turning small shops in Singapore into ATMs: Startup Stories

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Ursula Florene

Dropee helps independent retailers to match with suppliers and brands. It also offers a SaaS platform for wholesalers to bring their businesses online.

This is how Dropee addresses common problems in the B2B supply chain: Startup Stories

Where do style and commerce meet? Examine supply chains, sustainable sourcing, and digital trends influencing global fashion markets.

Fashion

This Chinese startup provides luxury accessories and exclusive food products for pet lovers.

Vetreska is bringing fashionable goods for your pets: Startup Stories

YAP shortens the distance between conventional banks and a segment of customers they have overlooked.

YAP takes fintech products from idea to implementation | Startup Stories

The startup has a network or 30,000 blue-collar workers and 200 clients in Indonesia and Thailand.

Workmate helps blue-collar workers find jobs during a time of crisis: Startup Stories

We have a vision of building a super app in Myanmar, says Wave Money CEO Brad Jones.

Wave Money leads the way in Myanmar’s dash from cash: Startup Stories

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Stephanie Li

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