Amazon has this key advantage over Alibaba (for now)
Amazon, as a company, is much more international in terms of working language, talent and culture.
Chinese media are overly harsh towards the MoBike founder
"An arm can’t win a wrestle against a leg, in China startups can never walk around the giants.”
[TLD Weekend] Why white is the dominant colour for cars in...
47% of the cars sold are white color in the region, for a myriad of reasons
Alibaba is joining the (reignited) ride-hailing war in China
It is an assault on Didi, but it is also defensive in the scenario that one day Didi might venture into other areas that threaten Alibaba’s empire, or reinforce Tencent’s.
Softbank pushing Didi & Uber to merge?
Meituan's CEO made this claim through a tweet, while his company is assaulting Didi in major cities in China.
Grab finally buys Uber, as predicted. What next?
What are the implications to the market, the users, Go-Jek, and mobile payment development in the region?
Alibaba is an advertising company, more than an ecommerce one
60% of Alibaba's revenues are now derived from its advertising platform - Alimama.
Will Alibaba replace more people at Lazada?
The new Lazada CEO Lucy Peng is a heavy weight. She will make a lot of swift changes at the company.
JD Thailand aims for May launch
Our sources say JD and Central will take the "money is no object" approach
Lazada is right to create new tech hub in Shenzhen
It allows them to adopt Chinese innovation much, much faster



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