When Genghis Khan rampaged across the Asian steppes, the courts of Old Europe barely noticed. This, or something like it, has been the reaction of the US-based powers that dominate the internet to the rise of ecommerce giant Alibaba in the east. Why worry about events in a distant land closed to outsiders, when there are so many other parts of the world to explore and conquer?
當成吉思汗(Genghis Khan)肆虐亞洲草原時，老歐洲的宮廷幾乎未有察覺。面對著電商巨擘阿里巴巴(Alibaba)在東方的崛起，主宰網路的美國豪強也是差不多的反應。當世界還有其他許多地方有待探索和征服時，爲何要操心一片封閉、遙遠的土地在發生什麼？
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