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Leaders and senior figures of the UAE seized the opportunity during recent events to reaffirm their commitment to shaping Dubai into one of the world's premier cities for work and life by 2033.

Dubai: An oasis in a rapidly changing global landscape | KrASIA

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Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

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Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

Singapore

Fostering global commerce inclusivity is central to Ant International's "4T" strategy, underpinned by its four key business pillars: Alipay+, Antom, WorldFirst, and Anext Bank.

Inclusivity in payment and commerce is core to Ant International's expansion strategy | KrASIA

Inclusivity in payment and commerce is core to Ant International&#8217;s expansion strategy

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Energy

Chinese companies are the early movers with wind turbines in disputed waterway.

South China Sea brims with rare earth and renewable power promise | KrASIA

South China Sea brims with rare earth and renewable power promise

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Investment

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.

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Bringing you the latest news briefs on fundraising activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Augmentus and Etaily secure Series A funding, SC Ventures launches Libeara, multiple China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Augmentus and Etaily secure Series A funding, SC Ventures launches Libeara, multiple China and India deals, and more

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Gideon Ng

Deals in brief: Eu Yan Sang invests in Chien Chi Tow, Roller and Phantm secure funding, multiple China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Eu Yan Sang invests in Chien Chi Tow, Roller and Phantm secure funding, multiple China and India deals, and more

Japan

The Japanese home goods maker plans to add 100 robots yearly at factories

Iris Ohyama deepens robotics push to cope with China wage growth | KrASIA

Iris Ohyama deepens robotics push to cope with China wage growth

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Despite hopes of coral reefs seeking refuge in cooler waters, new research reveals genetically distinct temperate corals, not tropical ones, are expanding into cooler seas, with effects uncertain.

Climate refugees: Corals are thriving in Japan's cooling waters amid warming seas | KrASIA

Climate refugees: Corals are thriving in Japan&#8217;s cooling waters amid warming seas

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Electric Vehicles

The push by carmakers to electrify offers new opportunities abroad.

Chinese EV suppliers eye Japan as domestic competition heats up | KrASIA

Chinese EV suppliers eye Japan as domestic competition heats up

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

Alibaba

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

Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals. It was founded by Colin Huang as Shanghai Dream Information Technology Co., Ltd. in September 2015.

Pinduoduo

Taobao

Tmall

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

E-Commerce

Retail

Amidst changing economic circumstances, China's e-commerce players are adapting their strategies accordingly to meet evolving consumer demands.

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South China Sea brims with rare earth and renewable power promise

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Deals in brief: Eu Yan Sang invests in Chien Chi Tow, Roller and Phantm secure funding, multiple China and India deals, and more

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