Spying suspicions will stalk Alibaba and Wall Street


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HONG KONG, Oct 6 (Reuters Breakingviews) - It’s getting harder for China Inc to go global, and tougher for global financial advisors to take on the rapidly shrinking pool of related mandates. Alibaba (9988.HK), is the latest example: Belgium’s intelligence service on Thursday confirmed it is scrutinising the tech behemoth’s European logistics hub just days after its courier unit Cainiao filed to go public in Hong Kong. The issue does not appear new, but the noise around such concerns for the company and compatriots may grow louder in the coming months. Belgium’s intelligence service VSSE said on Thursday that it...