Alibaba

China’s highest-profile entrepreneur, e-commerce billionaire Jack Ma appeared Wednesday in a video posted online, ending a 2 1/2-month disappearance from public view that prompted speculation about his status and his business empire’s future. In the 50-second video, Ma congratulated teachers supported by his charitable foundation and made no mention of…

Jack Ma resurfaced for the first time since China’s government began clamping down on his business empire nearly three months ago, appearing in a live-streamed video that sent Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s stock soaring but left plenty of unanswered questions about the billionaire’s fate. Ma spoke briefly on Wednesday during…

Jack Ma, the iconic businessman and co-founder of Alibaba who had been reported by media as missing, made an appearance this week in public, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday. Ma met with 100 rural teachers via a video meeting, Tianmu News, a news portal that belongs to Zhejiang Online,…

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma made his first public appearance since October on Wednesday when he spoke to a group of teachers by video, easing concern about his unusual absence from the limelight and sending shares in the e-commerce giant surging. Speculation over Ma’s whereabouts has swirled…

GUANGZHOU, China — Alibaba founder Jack Ma has emerged after weeks out of the spotlight, which sparked speculation about his whereabouts as his companies face increased regulatory scrutiny. Alibaba's Hong Kong-listed stock was up over 8% on news of his reappearance. In a video posted on Chinese social media, Ma…

(Source: NetEase) The lawsuit over the music copyright infringement of 72 songs between Alibaba Culture Media Co., Ltd. and Tencent was drawn to a court decision on Jan. 15, where Tencent paid 432,000 yuan in compensation to Alibaba. The plaintiff Alibaba Culture Media claimed that the defendants Tencent, as well…

(Source: Tmall Global) On Jan. 19, Alibaba Group’s cross-border B2C platform Tmall Global announced a new suite of solutions at the 2021 Tmall Global New Seller Virtual Summit to help global brands localize in China. The 2021 Tmall Global New Seller Summit is the first virtual summit hosted by the…

Since the IPO of Ant Group was suspended and Ant’s controller Jack Ma disappeared from public view for more than two months, how the Ant Group will restructure itself to meet tightened new regulatory requirements remains a mystery. On January 15, Chen Yulu, deputy governor of China’s central bank, stated…

China Tech Investor is a weekly look at China’s tech companies through the lens of investment. Each week, hosts Elliott Zaagman and James Hull go through their watch list of publicly listed tech companies and also interview experts on issues affecting the macroeconomy and the stock prices of China’s tech…

DITO CME, partner put up online school DITO CME Holdings Corporation, the communications, media and entertainment unit of Davao businessman Dennis A. Uy, has teamed up with CloudSwyft to put up an online education platform.      In a statement, DITO CME said it has signed a joint venture agreement with CloudSwyft, the…