Why is Alibaba buying a football club?

  • 5 years ago
Alibaba has agreed to buy 50 per cent of Guangzhou's top-rated Evergrande football club, the latest move in a spending spree. Lex's Robert Armstrong and Leslie Hook discuss what the Chinese ecommerce giant's strategy might be.

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