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What shapes modern healthcare and agriculture? Examine biotech startups, gene editing, and drug discovery unlocking biological potential.

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

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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

SAIC Motor, a Chinese automaker, manufactures passenger and commercial vehicles through various brands and joint ventures.

SAIC Motor

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

Hong Kong

Mainland carmakers are using the city as a platform for global expansion.

Chinese automotives make inroads in Toyota-dominated Hong Kong taxi market

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

Consumer Economy

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

Hardware

Whoop’s screenless bands use a subscription model instead of one-time hardware sales.

Meet Whoop, the new face of fitness wearables that ditch the screen

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

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

Artificial Intelligence

Zettlab is turning network storage into an AI-powered companion for creators and data professionals.

Can AI make NAS cool? Former DJI engineer Noah Guo built Zettlab to find out

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

Energy

The startup is developing a streamlined reactor design that could make fusion energy cheaper, faster to build, and easier to commercialize.

Meet Xeonova, an Ant-backed startup powering China’s nuclear fusion ambitions

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iFlytek drives voice recognition and natural language processing AI, enhancing smart assistants, language learning, and enterprise solutions.

iFlytek

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

Who thrives in a digitally democratized landscape? Discover how independent creators, influencers, and educators monetize content and expertise.

Creator Economy

The Chinese AI firm sees a synergy between AI and IP innovation.

iFlytek enters IP market with Aipy Studio, betting on AI to fuel its boom

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Xpeng Motors builds intelligent EVs equipped with advanced infotainment systems, autonomous features, and sleek electric mobility designs.

Xpeng Motors

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Foundation and Large Models

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

CEO He Xiaopeng views Xpeng’s platform as the foundation for next-generation mobility and embodied systems.

Xpeng’s next chapter lies in physical AI, says CEO He Xiaopeng

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

E-commerce

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

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

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iMile CEO Rita Huang explains how the Dubai-based company rebuilt its systems after 2023’s warehouse chaos.

How iMile cracked Mexico’s logistics, and what it means for global e-commerce

Founded by six young entrepreneurs, Shuai Shuai Fireworks defied expectations with sales exceeding RMB 10 million in its first year.

Six Gen Z founders are reinventing China’s century-old fireworks trade

Miniso sells low-cost lifestyle goods, home essentials, and personal care items, making everyday products accessible to broader markets.

Miniso

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

Retail

Young CEO Wang Shoucheng reflects on Yonghui’s outlook after a sweeping reform inspired by Pangdonglai.

One year after Miniso’s takeover, where does Yonghui Superstores stand?

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How do businesses grow responsibly? Examine green policies, sustainable materials, and climate commitments guiding corporate strategies.

Sustainability

The company is scaling production in China and plans to establish subsidiaries in Europe and North America.

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Meet Whoop, the new face of fitness wearables that ditch the screen

Can AI make NAS cool? Former DJI engineer Noah Guo built Zettlab to find out

Meet Xeonova, an Ant-backed startup powering China’s nuclear fusion ambitions

iFlytek enters IP market with Aipy Studio, betting on AI to fuel its boom

Xpeng’s next chapter lies in physical AI, says CEO He Xiaopeng

How iMile cracked Mexico’s logistics, and what it means for global e-commerce

Six Gen Z founders are reinventing China’s century-old fireworks trade

One year after Miniso’s takeover, where does Yonghui Superstores stand?

Yanhe eyes global rollout of perovskite solar tech after Series A funding

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