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Ant Reaches Agreement With China Regulators on Overhaul
Ant Group Co. and Chinese regulators have agreed on a restructuring plan that will turn Jack Ma’s fintech giant into a financial holding company, making it subject to capital requirements similar to those for banks.
Alibaba to raise up to $5bn in dollar bond
Downsized debt sale comes as regulators clamp down on Chinese ecommerce group
Jack Ma's uneasy relationship with Beijing casts shadow over Alibaba's strong earnings and future
Jack Ma appears to have got on the wrong side of the Chinese government, sparking a chain of events that has upped regulatory scrutiny on Alibaba.
Alibaba, Amid Antitrust Pressure, Is Conducting Internal Review
Chinese e-commerce giant reports 52% rise in quarterly net income even as regulatory scrutiny intensifies.
Chinese state newspaper omits Jack Ma from list of entrepreneurial leaders
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has been left off a list of Chinese entrepreneurial leaders published by state media - the snub underscoring how just far he has fallen out of favour with Beijing.
Alibaba sales surge, even as crackdown in China intensifies
Alibaba reported a big quarter for its e-commerce business. But China's most famous tech firm faced nervous investors on Tuesday as a regulatory crackdown by Beijing and co-founder Jack Ma's fall from grace cast a shadow over its future.
World’s second-largest short video platform seeks US$5 billion in Hong Kong IPO
Kuaishou will raise the curtain for other China’s short video-sharing platforms to raise funds via IPO in Hong Kong.
China defines monopoly in antitrust curb of online payment services
The proposed rules, which are open to public feedback until February 19, are the most detailed yet of the financial regulators’ plan to curtail market concentration in China’s US$29 trillion e-payment market.
China Plans Online Payment Rules That May Hit Ant, Tencent
China proposed measures to curb market concentration in its online payment market, potentially dealing another blow to financial technology giant Ant Group Co. and its biggest rival Tencent Holdings Ltd.
Alibaba shares jump on Jack Ma's first appearance in 3 months
Alibaba's billionaire founder resurfaced as he spoke to 100 rural teachers through a video call, three months after his last public appearance in October, sending the e-commerce firm's shares up more than 8% in Hong Kong. A recording of the call was first posted on a news portal backed by the government of Zhejiang, the eastern province where Alibaba is headquartered, and the video was verified by an Alibaba spokesperson. Speculations swirled around Ma's whereabouts after media reported in December that he skipped the taping of a TV program he created.
Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu spared from US investor blacklist
Treasury secretary sees off China hawks in dispute over whether to ban investment in tech groups
WSJ News Exclusive | Americans Won’t Be Banned From Investing in Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu
Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent were among a dozen companies being examined for inclusion in a Defense Department list of firms deemed to support China’s military, intelligence and security services.
Alibaba launches electric car in tie-up with SAIC
Foxconn enters JV with Geely as tech companies forge links with China carmakers
Chinese courier sets fire to himself in protest over unpaid Alibaba wages
Images of driver go viral on social media renewing concerns over tech sector’s working practices
Ant Group fintech rival JD Digits restructures amid crackdown
Fintech company JD Digits has been restructured as JD Technology, with the addition of JD.com’s artificial intelligence and cloud businesses, amid increased scrutiny of fintech in China after Ant Group’s scuttled IPO.
Nasdaq-listed Chinese video platform Bilibili files for Hong Kong listing to raise over $2 billion
Chinese video platform Bilibili has confidentially filed for a secondary listing in Hong Kong, a source close to the matter told CNBC.
Why community buying is winning fans and ruffling feathers in China
Community group buying is shaking up China’s traditional food wholesalers but the potential impact on jobs has seen regulators step up scrutiny of business model.
Baidu picks CLSA, Goldman for secondary listing in Hong Kong
Baidu joins a wave of US-listed Chinese firms in seeking a trading foothold in Hong Kong amid simmering tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. Companies from JD.com to NetEase raised about US$17 billion through share sales in Hong Kong last year, according to Bloomberg’s data.
WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Weighs Adding Alibaba, Tencent to China Stock Ban
Federal officials have discussed expanding a blacklist of companies off limits to U.S. investments over concerns about ties to Chinese authorities.
Jack Ma’s absence is stirring uneasy memories of a series of disappeared Chinese tycoons
Disappearing doesn't only happen to dissidents in China.
