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Inside Alibaba's Machine: AliExpress, Guanxi, and the China Daniel Has Never Visited
Daniel has ordered from AliExpress twice a month for years but has never been to China, never worked with a Chinese team, and wants to know what the other side is actually thinking. This episode traces the machinery behind the storefront — Alibaba's fiscal 2026 filing, the split between Alibaba.com and AliExpress, the Choice rollout that now carries over 70% of retail orders, and why Israel became one of AliExpress's leading markets despite a nine-million-person population. Then it turns to the human layer: Dr. Catherine Hua Xiang on context-rich business environments, guanxi and mianzi, why…
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