ABSTRACT
The concluding chapter reflects on the “infrastructuralization” and “internationalization” of Alibaba and offers a critical assessment of its power and influence in today’s global digital capitalist order. Apart from its various business strategies, which have been well-documented in the business literature, this book situates the evolution of Alibaba at the intersection between China’s shifting developmental strategies and the structural transformation of the global Internet. By doing so, it not only foregrounds how the company’s international development has led it into the fundamental layer of China’s increasingly globalized Internet, but also demonstrates that the rise of Alibaba is a product of the joint efforts – and continuing negotiations – of both the Chinese state and transnational capital.
