Having successfully upended the entire retail system in the US, Amazon.com has set its sights on China and taken direct aim at Alibaba Holdings, China’s e-commerce giant.
Amazon is expanding its logistics operations for handling goods headed to Japan, Europe, and the US. Last year, it began its move to export from inside the country, by registering a Chinese subsidiary, the Beijing Century Joyo Courier Service, with China’s transport ministry.
It has also filed an application with the Shanghai Shipping Exchange to become the shipping broker for 12 trade routes, such as the Shanghai-to-LA and Shanghai-to-Hamburg routes, according to Reuters.