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Amazon closes 3k Chinese-brand online stores in campaign against fake reviews (scmp.com)
6 points by ximeng on Sept 17, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


https://archive.is/IQIrm

And a previous related article indicating the scale of these efforts:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202108/1231485.shtml

"According to the Shenzhen Cross-border E-commerce Association at least 50,000 Chinese merchant accounts had been affected by Amazon's move since May, and that Chinese cross-border e-commerce companies had suffered losses of more than 100 billion yuan ($15.4 billion)."

And previous discussion about the percentage of top sellers on Amazon from China (40%+):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19877499




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