The Chinese e-commerce sector is on a mission to shake its reputation as just the manufacturer of cheap “made in China” goods, and show that it can build whole brands and business models that dominate the global stage. For this series, Rest of World spoke with Chinese factory owners, visited an automated package sorting center in Pakistan, went behind the scenes with an Indonesian shopping influencer, took a trip to a market full of Nigerian counterfeit merchants, and went on a Temu shopping spree to explore how this new era of e-commerce is changing the way we shop.