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Jack Ma leads internal meeting to direct Alibaba to fight rivals like Pinduoduo and Douyin: report Alibaba

Jack Ma leads internal meeting to direct Alibaba to fight rivals like Pinduoduo and Douyin: report

Alibaba founder Jack Ma held a small-scale internal meeting with top executives from Taobao and Tmall in late May to discuss the state of the company’s core e-commerce group, according to a Monday report by LatePost. During the meeting, Ma pointed out that the group faces severe competition, past success…
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June 20, 2023
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma teaches first class at University of Tokyo as top exec at his tech empire insists he’s ‘alive’ and ‘happy’ Alibaba

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma teaches first class at University of Tokyo as top exec at his tech empire insists he’s ‘alive’ and ‘happy’

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma taught his first university class in the Japanese capital last week, as he continues his retreat from the limelight after publicly criticizing Beijing’s regulators. Despite being worth an estimated $34.5 billion, Ma announced in May that he would be taking up a visiting professor position at…
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June 19, 2023
Alibaba Billionaire Jack Ma Steps Back Into Spotlight After Years Lying Low—But As A Teacher, Not A Tech Mogul Alibaba

Alibaba Billionaire Jack Ma Steps Back Into Spotlight After Years Lying Low—But As A Teacher, Not A Tech Mogul

Topline Jack Ma, the billionaire cofounder of e-commerce behemoth Alibaba and one of China’s wealthiest people, seems to be slowly returning to public view after years of lying low and avoiding the spotlight for irking Beijing’s political elite, though his rare appearances suggest he is returning to his roots as…
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June 19, 2023
Senior TSMC execs to meet with Alibaba, Biren, and other key China customers Alibaba

Senior TSMC execs to meet with Alibaba, Biren, and other key China customers

TSMC’s facility in Nanjing. Credit: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Senior executives from TSMC will gather in Shanghai this week for the company’s annual tech forum TSMC Technology Symposium on June 21, where the chip giant will share details of its forthcoming products and technologies, according to media outlet icsmart.…
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June 19, 2023
Taobao attracts almost 1 million merchants from Pinduoduo this year: sources Alibaba

Taobao attracts almost 1 million merchants from Pinduoduo this year: sources

Approximately 1 million Pinduoduo merchants have established online stores on Alibaba’s Taobao, according to sources familiar with the matter. This figure accounts for nearly 20% of Taobao’s 5 million new merchants this year. To assess new entries on the platform, questionnaires are administered, inquiring about their prior experience operating offline…
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June 19, 2023