The IP address you received belongs to Aliyun Computing Co. Ltd, which is part of the Alibaba Cloud/CDN suite.> But wait, how did we we get an Aliyun Cloud/CDN (Alibaba) IP address from Akamai? Aren't they competitors?> Akamai does operate in China, but...> > Want to make money in China? You have to follow Beijing's rules. I think we just found something embarrassing for Akamai: in order to operate in China, they were likely forced into a partnership with them.> > To do business in China, almost all foreign companies were previously required to hand over control of their intellectual property to a joint Chinese partner to be allowed to operate in the country.">