Alibaba plays politics with new cross-border e-commerce initiative in Malaysia

 Alibaba is planting another flagpost in Southeast Asia. Unlike its $1 billion acquisition of regional e-commerce player Lazada last year, the Chinese giant is making political moves after it announced a joint partnership with Malaysia’s government to facilitate international e-commerce in the country. Often overshadowed by India and China, Southeast Asia’s digital economy is… Read More

from https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/22/alibaba-malaysia/?ncid=rss