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Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. A sexual assault case at Alibaba has sparked a new round of #MeToo reckoning in China. Industry observers believe this is…

Published: 11:05pm, 14 Aug, 2021 Updated: 11:01pm, 15 Aug, 2021 Read More

The logo of Alibaba Group is seen at its office in Beijing, China Jan. 5, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo SHANGHAI, Aug 14 (Reuters) - A former male employee of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is suspected of committing "forcible indecency" against a female colleague, but not rape, according…

(Source: ifeng) The Alibaba Group on Thursday announced that a new internal team called “ALI-WE” has been created to examine and eradicate inappropriate workplace behavior reported by employees, including forced drinking culture and tasteless comments causing discomfort in the workplace. A committee on workplace environment will be established at Alibaba…

By Aditya Kalra and Abhirup Roy Paytm's $2.2 billion IPO is facing an unusual hurdle - a 71-year-old former director has urged India's markets regulator to stall the offering, alleging he is a co-founder who invested $27,500 two decades ago but never got shares. In legal documents seen by Reuters,…

An event poster for Bilibili's offline event Bilibili World. (Image credit: Bilibili) Chinese video platform Bilibili hit a record of more than 65 million daily active users (DAUs), making it China’s third-largest long-form video site, following iQiyi and Tencent Video, Late Post reported (in Chinese) on Wednesday. Why it matters:…

What is the new “China Model”? And why would that country ban an industry that made them the ultimate leaders in the most important development in recent times? The world is still scratching its head. There has to be something else to this story. Is it only control that they…

Hey there. It’s Brady again. An Alibaba manager allegedly raped a woman who reported to him. He has been fired and blacklisted from ever working for the company again. ByteDance, where he managed to secure a job interview, has reportedly blackballed him too. Two Alibaba senior personnel who mishandled the woman’s complaint…

NewsWritten by MENAbytes Published on 10 Aug 2021  •  3 mins read Istanbul-headquartered e-commerce marketplace Trendyol has become Turkey’s first decacorn after raising USD 1.5 billion in fresh funds that valued the company at USD 16.5 billion. It makes the online firm the most valuable company in Turkey. The round was co-led by General…

(Image credit: Alibaba Group) Alibaba faces public outrage after a female employee accused her supervisor and a client of molestation and sexual assault in an internal post made public over the weekend. Her name was not revealed. She also accused the company, which refused to fire the supervisor because it…