Alibaba espionage investigation puts focus on Chinese app gains

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Beijing’s aggressive industrial policy goals are back in focus as Belgium contends with alleged espionage activities arising from a logistic arm of Alibaba at an airport in Liège, Europe’s fifth-largest cargo airport hub. Belgium Security services are investigating “possible espionage and/or interference activities” carried out by Chinese entities including Alibaba, according to the Financial Times. Advertisement The focus of the investigation is an Alibaba logistics spin-off called Cainiao that handles goods sold to European customers through the e-commerce website Aliexpress. The Belgium State Security Service reportedly has been monitoring Alibaba’s operations for two years due to a Chinese regulation requiring...