China's corporate pivots: Alibaba's food delivery gambit and WuXi AppTec’s geopolitical hedge

19/11/2025 15 min Episodio 139
China's corporate pivots: Alibaba's food delivery gambit and WuXi AppTec’s geopolitical hedge

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Alibaba will retire the Ele.me takeout dining brand and merge it with its newer Taobao Instant Commerce. What's driving the move? And WuXi AppTec is the latest Chinese major to jump on the Middle Eastern bandwagon, with plans to potentially open a new center in Saudi Arabia. Why are a growing number of Chinese companies taking the Middle Eastern plunge?

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