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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

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

East Asia

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

Augmented and Virtual Reality

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

Deep Tech

The hardware executive succeeds founder Henry Zhou as Pico shifts focus toward mixed reality and spatial computing.

ByteDance names Li Xiaokai to lead Pico’s next phase

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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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

Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, is a platform that connects users to curated content for fashion, beauty, travel, and more.

Xiaohongshu

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

Creative

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

It may lack the gaming roots of Bilibili and HeyBox, but Xiaohongshu’s community dynamics can help smaller titles turn authenticity into attention.

Why Xiaohongshu has become harder for game marketers to ignore

Photo shows a visitor playing a demo of Bringer at Bilibili World 2026.

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

Bilibili

Its strategy now spans indie publishing, platform-grown IP, and a broader slate of steadily advancing projects.

BW2026 shows Bilibili expanding its gaming push across multiple fronts

Toyota, a Japanese automaker, produces a wide range of vehicles, focusing on reliability, efficiency, and innovation in mobility.

Toyota

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Japan

Discover how Japan’s advanced manufacturing, robotics, and consumer electronics brands drive global technology trends.

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

They aim to develop BEVs that better fit Chinese customers.

BYD and Toyota mull larger share in China's battery electric vehicle market with new JV

BYD and Toyota mull larger share in China&#8217;s battery electric vehicle market with new JV

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Song Jingli

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

Ride-hailing

Shuttl’s current valuation has peaked to USD 200 million.

Toyota Group and Japan’s SMBC Trust Bank invest in Indian bus-hailing startup Shuttl

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Priya Pradeep

Google dominates online search, digital ads, and cloud solutions, powering discovery, analytics, and smartphone operating systems.

Google

Pony.ai develops self-driving technologies for cars and trucks, collaborating with automakers to bring safer, fully autonomous mobility to public roads and fleet services worldwide.

Pony.ai

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

Autonomous Vehicles

The Chinese startup claims it has been testing its autonomous robotaxi service, PonyPilot, in Guangzhou since late last year.

Pony.ai, founded by autonomous driving pioneers from Google and Baidu, partners with Toyota on self-driving tests

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

Didi

Toyota to invest USD 600 million in Didi Chuxing and their Japanese JV

What extends a car’s lifecycle beyond the showroom? Investigate spare parts, performance upgrades, and services fueling the secondary automotive market.

Automotive Aftermarket

Toyota aims for half of its global sales to be from EV by 2025

Toyota to invest USD 2 billion to develop EV manufacturing in Indonesia

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Khamila Mulia

But the Chinese startup was reportedly facing huge financial difficulties last year.

Toyota to sell EV technology to Singulato in exchange for green car credits

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