Blockchain Chicken Farm

Blockchain Chicken Farm

And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside

Xiaowei Wang

In 2018, Alibaba announced plans to export the Taobao village model. The World Bank is interested in this model for other places in the world, including countries like South Africa. One former counsel for Alibaba tells me that Jack Ma envisioned the Electronic World Trade Organization (eWTO), before counsel advised him to change the name. It’s now called the Electronic World Trade Platform, or eWTP. The eWTP has become part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. As of 2018, three eWTP outposts had been set up: in Malaysia, Rwanda, and South Africa.
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