Tag: Alibaba

Alibaba’s Jack Ma resurfaces after months out of public view
21Jan By Mike TrudellNo Comments
China, Market, World

Alibaba’s Jack Ma resurfaces after months out of public view

After mysteriously disappearing from the public eye, Chinese billionaire Jack Ma resurfaced on Wednesday at a video conference."#JUSTIN: #JackMa not disappear, here we go: Ma just had a video conference with 100 village teachers on Wednesday morning, saying: after #COVID19, we'll meet each other again," tweeted Qingqing Chen of Global Times News, a China state-affiliated media.Ma had disappeared from the public eye after Beijing's aggressive crackdown on his business empire.Chen further added that Jack Ma met with 100 rural teachers in the country through video conferencing."Ma, who used to be an English teacher and founder of #Alibaba, also gives wishes to village teachers via a video on Wednesday," tweeted Qingqing Chen.China state-affiliated media also shared a video in which the billio...
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Alibaba servers in India are stealing data of Indian users: Reports
29Oct By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia, China, USA

Alibaba servers in India are stealing data of Indian users: Reports

As many as 72 servers, which are based in India, are allegedly sending data of Indian users to China and at the center of this are cloud data servers of Chinese technology group, Alibaba, top intelligence sources have said.According to the officials, Alibaba’s cloud data servers are widely popular among businesses because they offer services at a far cheaper rate than European servers.However, they are seemingly responsible for “data stealing” from India, and have been allegedly found to be sending over data to China, a claim, the e-commerce giant has denied.According to sources, almost 72 data servers operated by Alibaba in India have been identified as sending data of Indian users to China.This is allegedly a systematic plan that has been organized by Chinese authorities, and works by fl...
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After TikTok, Trump indicates banning Alibaba, other Chinese firms in US
4Sep By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

After TikTok, Trump indicates banning Alibaba, other Chinese firms in US

Days after signing an executive order against TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, US President Donald Trump has indicated that he was looking to ban other Chinese-owned companies, including e-commerce giant Alibaba in the United States.The development came after Trump issued an executive order on August 14, requiring ByteDance to divest its interests in video-sharing app TikTok's operations in the US within 90 days."There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance ... might take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United States," Trump said in the order.The previous order could have forced US-based app stores to stop distributing the TikTok app if ByteDance did not reach a deal to divest from it in 45 days.Under the latest order, ByteDance is expe...
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