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Out for Delivery: The China Threat Comes to Your Door

Abby Rathbun | Edward Owen

Today’s digital marketplaces are omnipresent, promising competitive prices and fast delivery. More consumers have turned to these platforms in recent years, driving up online sales and helping e-commerce companies, particularly Chinese ones, rake in massive profits. China now captures a substantial share of global e-commerce.

But its dominance of digital markets is not merely the result of offering consumers more affordable and accessible goods. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) unfairly subsidizes domestic e-commerce companies, overlooks safety regulations, and is the most aggressive in the world at conducting industrial-scale espionage.

Chinese e-commerce companies, for their part, feverishly gamify the shopping experience by algorithmizing sensitive user data—employing deceptive practices that raise significant ethical and national security concerns.

In 2021, China’s Ministry of Commerce outlined e-commerce development goals in line with the nation’s 14th Five-Year Plan. With aims to top the “commanding heights of international competition,” China now views e-commerce as a key driver of technological influence. Public-private partnerships are one way the CCP has played a role, handing out tax exemptions and injecting capital to help Chinese businesses scale digital trade. The goal seems........

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