A Digital Empire in the Making: China's Outbound Digital Platforms

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A Digital Empire in the Making: China's Outbound Digital Platforms

In this article, we use the example of e-commerce giant Alibaba and its outbound activities in the Asia-Pacific to illustrate how China’s digital platforms have become part of a “digital empire in the making.” The article examines how this emergent digital empire is a manifestation of “going out,...

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Main Authors:	Keane, Michael, Yu, Haiqing
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	USC ANNENBERG PRESS 2019
Subjects:	Social Sciences Communication platform capitalism going out Alibaba Asia-Pacific empire digital Silk SILK ROAD INTERNET POLITICS BELT
Online Access:	https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/10995?fbclid=IwAR0FZPRRc_vsXI_2OlKZpx79M20SH-VTYqd7sH1KY95Bm6IIJzRf1Ok-I9M http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80351

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