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What happens when a tech titan decides to cook your lunch?
One e-commerce giant has launched its first no-chef no-dining takeout restaurant in Beijing.
It's fresh, it's fast, and it's cooked by robots.
Could this be the next big shakeup in China's food delivery industry?
Coming to you live from Beijing, this is Roundtable.
I'm He Young.
For today's program, I'm joined by Steve Hatherley and Yushan in the studio.
First on today's show, JD.com,
one of China's biggest names in e-commerce, is making a surprising offline move.
It just opened its very first brick and mortar takeout restaurant in Beijing.
And get this, the food is cooked fresh by robot.
machines when customers place online orders.
No dine-in seats, no servers, just a tech-driven kitchen built for speed and scale.
JD says it plans to open 10,000 of these across the country,
hoping to challenge eateries that rely on prepackaged or half-cooked meals.
So with a major online giant stepping into the food game,
could this shake up China's massive food delivery scene?
Let's Let's start with what exactly JD has cooked up literally and what makes this place different from the average takeaway joint.