China-Asean digital economy thrives amid impact of Covid-19 pandemic


  • China
  • Tuesday, 21 Jul 2020

Alibaba Cloud, one of the largest cloud service providers in regional markets including Malaysia and Indonesia, is also planning to form a cloud ecosystem alliance in the Philippines. - The Star/ANN

HONG KONG (Xinhua): Sixty-two-year-old Papai Mongkonkeaw, a durian farm owner in Thailand's Rayong province, had been worrying about his business since Covid-19 broke out early this year, but to his surprise, sales turned out to be even better than usual.

He attributed the unexpected boom in business to the high demand from China, as Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com, among the biggest overseas buyers for Thai durians, made large purchases during the pandemic period.

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