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Re:Alibaba Cloud by JumpCrisscross on Thursday July 13, 2017 @11:39PM (#14767273)
Or you end up competing with something booted up by someone powerful's kid. Operating in these systems is a totally different skill set from competing in international markets.
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Re:Alibaba Cloud by EZ-E on Thursday July 13, 2017 @11:54PM (#14767340)
Yes, I forgot to mention that. If you're a foreign company and bringing some damaging competition to a Chinese local owned company, you better get ready for some trouble
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Re:Alibaba Cloud by katasourcing on Friday July 14, 2017 @01:25AM (#14767711)
Any cases to elaborate? I know one from U.S., when Huawei was going to enter US markets.
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Re:Alibaba Cloud by Monotoko on Friday July 14, 2017 @01:16AM (#14767668)
I actually work inside China in tech, it's not too bad if you're a foreigner serving mostly foreign companies who come into China.

Once you start dealing with larger local companies though the politics begins.

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