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While China’s tea chains race to open stores, Molly Tea is opting for a more measured expansion. Will this strategy give it an edge, or leave it lagging behind?

Molly Tea isn’t rushing into China’s tea wars—could that be the smarter move? | KrASIA

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Molly Tea isn’t rushing into China’s tea wars—could that be the smarter move?

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KrASIA

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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Angel Investing

Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Private Equity

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Indonesia

Singapore

Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: MindWorks Capital raises USD 220 million for new fund, Chickin and watchTowr reportedly bag Series A funding, four China deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: MindWorks Capital raises USD 220 million for new fund, Chickin and watchTowr reportedly bag Series A funding, four China deals, and more

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KrASIA Writers

Baidu

Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

Autonomous Vehicles

Mobility

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

With plans to launch in Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Middle East, Baidu’s robotaxi service aims to break new ground as competition in self-driving intensifies.

Baidu’s Apollo Go eyes global expansion as robotaxi race heats up | KrASIA

Baidu’s Apollo Go eyes global expansion as robotaxi race heats up

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In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Deep Tech

In tense times, the city has ramped up its comprehensive efforts to transform into a tech hub.

Hong Kong's AI bet through Temasek-style fund signals strategic shift | KrASIA

Hong Kong&#8217;s AI bet through Temasek-style fund signals strategic shift

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Nikkei Asia

JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

Logistics

E-commerce

JD.com

To attract more new users in lower-tier cities, Jingxi Ziying is offering a fully managed model to white-label merchants.

JD.com pushes deeper into lower-tier markets with new Jingxi Ziying model | KrASIA

JD.com pushes deeper into lower-tier markets with new Jingxi Ziying model

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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Battery

With an annual capacity of 30 GWh, the Guangzhou factory could fill the final gap in the city’s automotive battery segment.

Farasis Energy begins trial production at new Guangzhou facility | KrASIA

Farasis Energy begins trial production at new Guangzhou facility

Electric Vehicles

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

Electric vehicle

Leapmotor

With a price tag under RMB 200,000, Leapmotor’s latest electric SUV features a robust configuration seldom seen in its segment.

Hong Kong-listed Leapmotor reveals the C16, a six-seater SUV | KrASIA

Hong Kong-listed Leapmotor reveals the C16, a six-seater SUV

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

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

Enterprise Services

Artificial intelligence

DingTalk’s latest conference saw it reaffirm its ecosystem-focused approach to AI development and adoption.

Alibaba’s DingTalk integrates with six AI partners, unveils new AI search feature | KrASIA

Alibaba’s DingTalk integrates with six AI partners, unveils new AI search feature

India

Japan

Deals in brief: Dagangan secures funding from Kejora-SBI Orbit Fund, Saison International invests in Mongolia, ten China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Dagangan secures funding from Kejora-SBI Orbit Fund, Saison International invests in Mongolia, ten China and India deals, and more

Retail

The property downtrend continues as easing measures show little impact so far.

China retail sales beat expectations as industrial output loses some steam | KrASIA

China retail sales beat expectations as industrial output loses some steam

The venture capital firm emphasized the independence of its regional units but stopped short of a complete split like Sequoia and GGV.

Matrix Partners rebrands China and India units, avoids full spin-off | KrASIA

Matrix Partners rebrands China and India units, avoids full spin-off

Amazon.com, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Amazon is the largest e-commerce marketplace and cloud computing platform in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization. 

Amazon

Japan, Korea, and the West

Even the typically unfettered Amazon is feeling the pressure from the likes of Temu and Shein, prompting a price-focused countermeasure.