Ivy Yang is a seasoned communication executive and has been working at the intersection of public relations and reputation management between the United States and China for over a decade, including two years at Alibaba Group. She writes opinion pieces for the Financial Times China about Chinese technology and ecommerce companies, the semiconductor industry, and more. Ivy was born in Wuhan and grew up in Los Angeles. She graduated from New York University and Columbia Business School and now lives in New York.
In its first earnings call following a restructuring prompted by regulatory pressures and investor expectations, Alibaba is signaling a shift toward financial optimization. But can it restore investor confidence and keep the government happy?
TikTok faces an uphill battle to prove its compatibility with “American values” and will have to grapple with regulatory double standards that overlook the many problems of its American counterparts, writes Ivy Yang, a veteran of public relations and reputation management in U.S.-China tech.
The app that American teenagers love and American politicians hate is in danger of being banned, but it still hasn’t figured out how to navigate K Street.