Feature: China's e-commerce tech helps Thailand digital economy boom

Manassawee Suangkaew takes stock at her store in Bangkok, Thailand, Oct. 21, 2019. Young Thai clothing designers Nunthapong Boonnao and Manassawee Suangkaew used to run a store to sell clothes they create in the Thai capital. In 2018 they decided to close their store to set up an online clothing shop in Lazada, a major online shopping company in Southeast Asia. Founded in 2012, Lazada is now one of the regional leading e-commerce marketplaces. In 2016, China's e-commerce giant Alibaba acquired the controlling stakes of Lazada, and started to export new business strategies and cutting-edge technologies to the Southeast Asian platform. (Xinhua/Zhang Keren)