On his first trip to Africa, Jack Ma, the founder of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, spoke in Nairobi on Thursday (July 20) about the value…
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SERIAL TAKEOVERS
US and European leaders finally agree on something: suspicion of Chinese takeovers
It hasn’t been an easy year for cross-Atlantic diplomacy, if the G20 summit earlier this month is any indication. One thing leaders in the US…
TOUGH JOB
How Alibaba is reinventing a 114-year-old newspaper in Hong Kong
When Chinese e-commerce titan Alibaba announced its takeover of Hong Kong’s English-language South China Morning Post (SCMP) about a year-and-a-half ago, the $266 million deal…
LAISSEZ-FAIRE
Chinese “wealth clusters” show how good it is when the government stays out of things
The Chinese government takes great credit for starting the economic reforms in 1978 that brought China out of the darkness of the Mao era. But…
PAID UP
China and India are far ahead of the rest of the world in fintech adoption
When it comes to the adopting the newest, digital methods for managing their personal finances, Chinese and Indian consumers are way ahead of the rest…
SAME SMARTS
China’s tech giants are racing to popularize their versions of the Amazon Echo
Since its introduction to US consumers in mid-2015, Amazon’s Echo has become a promising hit. By the end of last year, the e-commerce giant had…
WORDPLAY
An entire generation of Indians has grown up unable to type in its own language on mobile phones
For many Indians who are still offline, language is a massive barrier to the online world. Indian language content constitutes less than 0.01% of the…
KINDLE KINDNESS
Amazon has quietly released a customized Kindle just for China—where nobody uses Amazon
Yesterday Amazon announced the release of a special version of the Kindle E-reader tailored for China. As with almost anything Amazon does in China, one…
NOT YET
It’s stupid to sell online, says one of India’s biggest retailers
Retail majors, both Indian and global, are undoubtedly kicked about the Indian e-commerce space. Jeff Bezos of Amazon on June 25 assured prime minister Narendra…
GATEWAY '17
In Detroit, Jack Ma called counterfeit goods the “cancer” of Alibaba
On June 20 Jack Ma took the stage in Detroit in front of thousands of entrepreneurs for Gateway ’17—an event intended to draw US small…
GATEWAY '17
Alibaba has come to Detroit to sell small businesses the Chinese dream
Alibaba is selling the Chinese dream this week—in Detroit. The Chinese e-commerce giant is pulling out all the stops to impress America at Gateway ’17,…
DELIVERY DROID
In China, a robot has started delivering packages to people
Jingdong, or JD.com, China’s second-biggest e-commerce company after Alibaba, sent robots to deliver items for the first time yesterday (June 18), on the last day…
