Pigs can fly: a look at the innovative tech on display at Alibaba Cloud 2018 event

Alibaba held its annual cloud computing conference in its hometown of Hangzhou over three days last week, from 19-21 September, where it showcased its latest innovations.
Into its ninth year, the conference held at Yunqi Cloud Town, is the e-commerce giant's attempt to showcase Hangzhou as China's 'Silicon Valley', a title currently held by the city of Shenzhen, home to its rival Tencent, telco giant Huawei and drone maker DJI.
The Drum was on the ground in Hangzhou and witnessed