On Singles Day, the Chinese online shopping event that has eclipsed Black Friday in size, Alibaba issues heat maps showing the density of orders and parcels criss-crossing the nation.
This year, a red patch glowed over Zhongnanhai, the compound in Beijing where the top Communist party leaders and their families live, suggesting they were as busy snapping up bargains as anyone else.
But beyond shopping, clear signs of support from the Chinese government for Alibaba, and rival tech champions Tencent and Baidu, are waning.
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