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Alibaba to buy food delivery app Ele.me

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27-Feb-18 SRumours are circulating that Alibaba is planning to acquire one of China's major online food delivery platforms Ele.me, as part of its new retail strategy, in a deal reportedly worth about USD9.5 bn. [image: Wikimedia Commons]

Russia set to tax cross-border e-commerce imports

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23-Feb-18 Russia is looking to impose duty charges on cross-border e-commerce purchases from May-18, bringing an end to the boom years for major players such as China's AliExpress and JD.com. [image: HTDC Research]

MicroPort partners China’s Yunfeng to buy LivaNova

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23-Feb-18 Hong Kong-listed medical device manufacturer MicroPort Scientific and Chinese PE firm Yunfeng Capital will acquire the cardiac rhythm management business of US-listed medical technology company LivaNova for USD190 mn. [image: Deal Street Asia]

China's nursing homes more than triple in past five years

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22-Feb-18 The number of nursing homes in China has more than tripled in the past five years. The country had more than 144,600 nursing institutions as of Sep-17, 226% more than at the end of 2012. [image: EPA]

More Chinese seek IVF abroad

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21-Feb-18 Prospective Chinese mothers are increasingly travelling abroad for in vitro fertilization and egg-freezing treatments. More Chinese women are visiting fertility centers in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the United States, as they look to start, or expand, their families. [image: Imagine China]

Alibaba to buy food delivery app Ele.me

Russia set to tax cross-border e-commerce imports

MicroPort partners China’s Yunfeng to buy LivaNova

China's nursing homes more than triple in past five years

More Chinese seek IVF abroad

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