Alibaba already had its sights on global expansion — but the coronavirus outbreak has given China’s largest ecommerce company an opportunity to accelerate that vision. In recent weeks, the Hangzhou-based tech giant has emerged as a crucial middleman between Chinese factories and immense global demand for the equipment needed to fight the pandemic — from protective masks to hand sanitiser and ventilators. In part, this is down to the donation efforts of founder Jack Ma and Alibaba’s charitable arm, which has shipped more than 40m items of personal protective equipment to 150 countries, and pledged to give 101m masks to the World Health Organization. Read More...
Alibaba already had its sights on global expansion — but the coronavirus outbreak has given China’s largest ecommerce company an opportunity to accelerate that vision. In recent weeks, the Hangzhou-based tech giant has emerged as a crucial middleman between Chinese factories and immense global demand for the equipment needed to fight the pandemic — from protective masks to hand sanitiser and ventilators. In part, this is down to the donation efforts of founder Jack Ma and Alibaba’s charitable arm, which has shipped more than 40m items of personal protective equipment to 150 countries, and pledged to give 101m masks to the World Health Organization.
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