Tag: E-commerce

China’s Internet: A Giant Cage

This week’s edition of The Economist features an epic special report by Gady Epstein on social, political, commercial, technical and international aspects of China’s Internet. From his introduction: THIRTEEN YEARS AGO Bill Clinton, then America’s president, said that trying to control the internet in China would be like trying to “nail Jell-O to the wall”. At the time he seemed to be st

April 4, 2013 8:16 PM

Alibaba to Buy Sina Weibo Stake

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group announced Monday that it had agreed to buy an 18 percent stake in Sina Corporation

April 30, 2013 12:01 AM

Two Tycoons, One Big Bet on Chinese Commerce

When Alibaba Group president Jack Ma and Dalian Wanda chairman Wang Jianlin took the stage together as two of China Centr

January 8, 2013 2:06 AM

Toys “R” Us Aims Towards China’s ‘Tiger Moms’

With the recent rush of online shoppers trying to get Singles’ Day deals and claims of the continuing need for econ

November 20, 2012 8:27 AM

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