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Banu, a rising Chinese hotpot chain, thrives on its founder’s “three-flip rule,” the secret to its profitability.

This hotpot mogul’s business is booming, and he isn’t following Haidilao’s playbook | KrASIA

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This hotpot mogul’s business is booming, and he isn’t following Haidilao’s playbook

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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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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Japan

A severe worker shortage lingers as a downside risk.

Japan's domestic spending propped up by wages and tourism | KrASIA

Japan&#8217;s domestic spending propped up by wages and tourism

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

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

China Tech

Xpeng

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Xpeng Motors plans to start delivering the P7+ in November, aiming to build on Mona M03’s initial success in the competitive EV market.

After Mona M03’s breakout, Xpeng eyes another EV win with the P7+ | KrASIA

After Mona M03’s breakout, Xpeng eyes another EV win with the P7+

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Baidu

ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

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.

Among the roster of companies that obtained approval for their LLM products are not only tech giants like Baidu and Douyin Group, but also Chinese startups and research institutions.

Baidu’s Ernie Bot among eight Chinese LLM products approved for public launch | KrASIA

Baidu’s Ernie Bot among eight Chinese LLM products approved for public launch

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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Drugmaker Mitsubishi Tanabe to stop making lithium tablets due to shortage risk.

EV boom threatens supply of lifesaving medicine in Japan | KrASIA

EV boom threatens supply of lifesaving medicine in Japan

Energy

Fast and efficient, flywheel energy storage systems can play a crucial role in the modulation of power grids.

China’s maiden grid-level flywheel energy storage facility to roll out in Shanxi | KrASIA

China’s maiden grid-level flywheel energy storage facility to roll out in Shanxi

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

India

Singapore

Vietnam

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

Deals in brief: MFast raises Series A funds to expand nationwide, multiple China and SEA deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: MFast raises Series A funds to expand nationwide, multiple China and SEA deals, and more

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Indonesia

Deals in brief: OpenAI gears up for funding in the Middle East, Geo Energy partners Charged Asia, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: OpenAI gears up for funding in the Middle East, Geo Energy partners Charged Asia, and more

Shein

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

E-Commerce

Retail

Shein is betting on Forever 21 to open a new frontier in the offline retail space and stave off rising competition.

Shein steps into offline retail by acquiring one-third of Forever 21 | KrASIA

Shein steps into offline retail by acquiring one-third of Forever 21

Vietnam's USD 85 billion EV startup aims to take on Tesla in the US market.

VinFast's valuation overtakes Ford and GM on Nasdaq debut | KrASIA

VinFast&#8217;s valuation overtakes Ford and GM on Nasdaq debut

Deals in brief: Zepto becomes first Indian unicorn in 2023, four Chinese companies secure funding, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Zepto becomes first Indian unicorn in 2023, four Chinese companies secure funding, and more

A blockchain, originally block chain, is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data.

Blockchain

Cryptocurrencies

The system would link Japan, India, China, and Southeast Asia using Cambodia's digital currency.