SHANGHAI -- China's e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group Holding is quietly building a whole economic sphere based on the smartphone payments and services it provides.
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A model demonstrates Alibaba's FashionAI technology, which display's the item's details on the mirror. China's leading e-commerce group's services allow it collect vast amounts of data on users. © Reuters
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