1st Edition

Alibaba Infrastructuring Global China

By Hong Shen Copyright 2022
92 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

92 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

92 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the political-economic dynamics in the development of a leading global Internet giant: Alibaba. As both a prominent example of, as well as providing the basic infrastructure for, China’s outward expansion, Alibaba demonstrates the complex interplay between different state agencies and units of capital in the context of the rise of global China. Hong Shen investigates the... Read more

Introduction  1. History  2. Economic Profile  3. Political Profile  4. Cultural Profile  Conclusion

Biography

Hong Shen is a Systems Scientist at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Her research primarily focuses on the social and policy implications of information technologies, and global Internet industry and policy (with an emphasis on China). She also teaches Critical AI Studies for Public Policy and Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, Ethics in Sociotechnical Systems.