The stage is set for the Amazon vs. Alibaba battle in Southeast Asia

Business & Technology

After reaching into each other’s home markets and beginning to compete in India, the American and Chinese online shopping giants are now expanding into the diverse market of 600 million people in Southeast Asia.

Lucas Niewenhuis

Lucas Niewenhuis is the Newsletter Editor at The China Project. Previously, he has researched China-Africa relations at the Social Science Research Council, interned at the Council on Foreign Relations, and studied Chinese language and culture in Shanghai and Beijing. Read more

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