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The Latest Breaking News from Jack Ma

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has announced plans to split its $220-billion business into six main units encompassing e-commerce, media and the cloud, each of which will explore fundraising or an initial public offering (IPO) when the time is right.

Bangkok Post

Alibaba's Jack Ma returns to mainland China

Alibaba founder Jack Ma has resurfaced in China after months of overseas travel, visiting a school in the eastern city of Hangzhou where he discussed various topics including artificial intelligence

The Independent UK

Alibaba founder Jack Ma seen in China after months of absence

Billionaire is thought to have remained outside country after state crackdown on tech sector

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Alibaba founder Jack Ma returns to mainland China to visit school in Hangzhou

Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group Holding, returned to mainland China recently after more than a year of overseas travel, and visited a school he founded in the city of Hangzhou, the hometown of Alibaba, according to sources familiar with his schedule.

Bangkok Post

China's super rich population drops as tech crackdown, global factors hurt wealth

More than 400 people lost their billionaire status last year, most from China, as global monetary tightening, COVID-19 disruptions and Beijing's crackdown on major tech companies hurt the super wealthy, a ranking of the world's wealthiest showed.

Reuters

Jack Ma spotted in Australia in a nod to Alibaba’s global roots

BEIJING: Jack Ma has popped up in Australia, the latest stop on a months-long global jaunt and one that has particular emotional resonance for the billionaire Alibaba co-founder.

The Times of India

Chinese billionaire Bao Fan goes missing, the latest in a string of high-profile disappearances

The well-known deal-maker's disappearance is the latest in a series of cases of high-profile Chinese executives going missing with little explanation.

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Weekly Must-Read: The Vision of Singapore’s Next Prime Minister

Lawrence Wong sees himself as a ‘servant leader,’ he says. ‘My role is not just to lead, but to serve my country and my fellow citizens’

Caixin Global

Chill pervades China's tech firms even as crackdown eases

A grinding crackdown that wiped billions of dollars of value off Chinese technology companies is easing, but the once-freewheeling industry is bracing for much slower growth ahead

The Independent UK

Jack Ma Meeting Rumor Sends Stock of Thai Giant’s Unit Soaring

CP Group subsidiary Chia Tai Enterprises traded at HK$6.98 at one point on Wednesday, more than eightfold Monday’s opening price

Caixin Global

Top Stories of the Month: The Questions Hanging Over Ant Group

Following the startling suspension of its would-be record-setting $34.5 billion IPO in November 2020, the fintech company was plunged into an extensive restructuring that has been ongoing for the past two years as regulators clamp down on misconduct in the industry

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 0.14% on Monday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.98%

Caixin Global

Jack Ma lands in Hong Kong on latest stop of a global tour

HONG KONG: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd co-founder Jack Ma is in Hong Kong for a series of meetings with tech and finance executives, sustaining a recent flurry of activity that’s taken him round the world in the span of months.

The Times of India

China to take ‘golden shares’ in tech firms Alibaba and Tencent

Move marks shift in focus by Beijing as it tries to extend influence and keep sector in check

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Weekly Must-Read: China Wraps Up Two-Year Tech Crackdown

Central bank and banking regulator’s Guo Shuqing sends first signal that sector led by Alibaba, Tencent, Didi and Meituan may finally be off the hook

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Beijing seen shifting stance over control over major IT companies

BEIJING -- The Chinese Communist Party and the government is increasingly believed to be loosening its tight controls on the country's major IT firms, such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

The New Daily

China billionaire gives up control of Ant Group

One of China's richest men Jack Ma will give up control of the company he founded after a regulatory crackdown. Mr Ma, who started online marketplace

The Independent UK

China's Ant Group says founder Jack Ma will give up control

Leading Chinese financial technology provider Ant Group has announced that its founder, e-commerce billionaire Jack Ma, will give up control of the company

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Billionaire Jack Ma to cede control of China’s Ant Group

Business magnate Jack Ma who controlled over 50 percent of the fintech giant’s shares will now hold just 6.2 percent.

Bangkok Post

Billionaire Jack Ma chills in Bangkok

Billionaire Alibaba founder Jack Ma has been chilling in Bangkok this week amid reports that he is taking more steps to scale back his personal involvement with his online empire.

ABC News

Tao Huabi's Lao Gan Ma chilli sauce is a beloved household staple but will her Chinese success story continue?

For decades, Tao Huabi's Lao Gan Ma chilli crisp sauce has dominated China's spicy sauce market but, now, a cloud of competition is looming over her chilli empire.

Bangkok Post

Alibaba's free trade hub in Thailand begins trial operation

A free-trade-zone project in Thailand, launched in 2018 by Alibaba Group Holding while company founder Jack Ma was still CEO, has finally started trial operation.

Bangkok Post

Jack Ma reported living in Japan after China tech crackdown

TOKYO: Alibaba founder Jack Ma has been living in Tokyo for almost six months after disappearing from public view following China's crackdown on the tech sector, the Financial Times reported Wednesday, citing multiple unnamed sources.

The Guardian - UK

Alibaba founder Jack Ma hiding out in Tokyo, reports say

Billionaire rarely seen in public since criticising attitude of China’s regulators towards tech firms in 2020

The Times of India

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma living in Tokyo after China's crackdown against firms: Report

BEIJING: Chinese billionaire and e-commerce giant Alibaba founder Jack Ma who ran into trouble with the Chinese government over violating anti-monopoly regulations and kept a low profile since 2020 is now living in Tokyo for about six months, according to a media report on Tuesday.

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