"If I had to come to China and look for my own accommodation [after arriving], it would've been much more difficult.”

Alibaba's Amap ranking feature is latest salvo against Meituan in China's e-commerce wars.

When Jeanne de Gayffier (CEIBS MBA 2025) first set foot in Shanghai six years ago, she would never have imagined that her path would one day lead her to a position in a family-owned construction equipment company in Quanzhou, a historic city in China's eastern Fujian province.

Vanessa Alcala Gros, CEIBS Global EMBA 2017 alumna and Regional Country Manager, Production – Europe, Americas & Africa at H&M, believes that the best way to understand a country’s business landscape is through cultural immersion. After living in China for the past 18 years, Vanessa recently began a new chapter as she and her family relocated to Istanbul, Turkey.