Amazon Struggles to Combat Bribery in Chinese Operations

Amazon, the world largest internet retailer, shuffled its Chinese business recently, not to combat poor performance, but to crack down on bribery among its employees in country.
Amazon Struggles to Combat Bribery in Chinese Operations
An electric bike (R) used by Amazon sits parked along the pavement at a central business district in Beijing on November 29, 2012. WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images
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Amazon, the world largest internet retailer, shuffled its Chinese business recently, not to combat poor performance, but to crack down on bribery among its employees in the country. Reports say that its independent sellers paid employees for customers’ data as well as deleting negative reviews, and the like.
In the United States, Amazon boasts 49.1 percent of the e-commerce market. Its total revenue reached $18.4 billion in 2017, highest in the global e-commerce market.
Nicole Hao
Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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