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The Chinese Internet Company, Alibaba Group Holdings, has launched 11Main.com, an online store for U.S. customers. The announcement was received with a degree of alarm by the media, referring to Alibaba’s landing in the States as “Amazon.com’s D-Day,” a great threat...

Tencent is the world’s fourth largest web company, and Alibaba is on the verge of history’s largest tech IPO. Both of these behemoth companies occupy many of the same verticals in China, which is the biggest and possibly most isolated...

WeChat, the popular messaging app made by Tencent, is pushing even further into mobile commerce territory. Tencent added support for any brands to allow customers to purchase items or services inside the app. It works for both in-store payments (where retailers...