Briefing: Amazon reportedly withdrawing from China

Update: Amazon will cease support for third-party merchants on Amazon China’s website.

爆料:亚马逊将宣布退出中国 – 媒体训练营

What happened: Global e-commerce giant Amazon will exit from China, leaving only two businesses—Kindle and the cross-border selling unit—reported a Chinese media outlet citing people with knowledge of the matter. That means Amazon’s logistics unit and cloud service AWS may also be affected. An official statement on the matter will be released later this week, the source said, though a specific date is unknown.

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