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

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

China

Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, showcases locally popular short videos, influencer content, and creative challenges optimized for China’s market.

Douyin

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

East Asia

After years at ByteDance, he is building Math Magic around generative 3D, factory data, and manufacturing.

Ren Lifeng helped build Douyin. Now he is bringing AI into factories

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

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

Autonomous Vehicles

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

Deep Tech

Embodied Intelligence

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

Robotics

Autonomous Driving

Embodied intelligence offers more money and responsibility, and a growing risk that today’s startups may not survive.

Should engineers leave smart driving for China’s robotics boom?

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

After building its name in bone conduction headphones, Shokz is expanding into new products to reach a broader audience.

Shokz China CEO Yang Yun: “A company can’t stay in its comfort zone forever”

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

News | KrASIA

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

Live Streaming

More than 130 countries have introduced some form of restriction or tightened their border entry requirements.

Working from home not all it is cracked up to be for some US-based Chinese tech workers

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South China Morning Post

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

NetEase

What sets the world’s soundtrack? Follow streaming royalties, label strategies, and genre shifts guiding the global music industry’s rhythm.

Music

The Japanese film studio’s music catalogue will be available online in China via NetEase Cloud Music.

NetEase, Japan’s Studio Ghibli team up to stream music from some of Hayao Miyazaki’s anime films

Flipkart, a prominent Indian e-commerce marketplace, hosts electronics, fashion, and home goods with fast shipping and easy returns.

Flipkart

Sameer Aggarwal who is curretly the deputy CEO, will take over the company's reins in April this year.

Walmart India to name new CEO amid senior management reshuffle, bracing for fierce competition

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Avanish Tiwary

The startup expects to nearly double its global headcount to 100,000 by the end of 2020.

ByteDance's founder Zhang Yiming to focus on global expansion after firm's management restructure

ByteDance&#8217;s founder Zhang Yiming to focus on global expansion after firm&#8217;s management restructure

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

Rumor: Uber Proposes to Merge with India’s Ola and to Lead the New Company

Ola, an Indian ride-hailing leader, offers car rentals, electric scooters, and food delivery, bridging mobility gaps across major cities.

Uber is a mobility platform that connects users to ride-hailing, food delivery, and logistics services, operating in cities worldwide.

Uber

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

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

Ride-hailing

The cab-hailing companies in India witnessed rides going down by a third over the last week.

Uber and Ola see drop in rides as coronavirus forces people to work from home

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

The fund will provide financial relief to drivers and food delivery couriers in Asia and Latin America.

CHINA BRIEF | Didi sets up USD 10 million relief fund for coronavirus-stricken drivers outside China

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Sun Henan

How are digital assets protected? Analyze threat detection, encryption standards, and cybersecurity solutions safeguarding data.

Cybersecurity

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

Venture Capital

Right-Hand provides software as a service solutions to help companies monitor, measure, and mitigate human-induced cybersecurity risk.

Singapore cybersecurity firm raises USD 1 million from SGInnovate, Atlas, Entrepreneur First

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Tech in Asia

Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

Bilibili, an online entertainment platform, features anime, gaming videos, live streams, and interactive communities appealing to younger audiences.

Bilibili

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

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

Video

Tencent, which has 130,000 followers on the platform, poked fun at itself for not being as popular as other tech companies on Bilibili.

Tech giants Alibaba and Tencent vie for attention of young Chinese on streaming video platform Bilibili

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

The startup provides several services to streamline aquafarming in Indonesia.

eFishery teams up with Alami Sharia to launch sharia-compliant pay-later program for Indonesian fishermen

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