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Jack Ma, the billionaire founder of Chinese Internet giant Alibaba, hasn't been seen in public in months after criticizing government regulators.

Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Has Fallen Off The Radar. Here Are Some Clues Why

Jan 08, 2021
The billionaire founder of the Chinese Internet giant hasn't been seen in public in months after criticizing government regulators.
NPR
Asia
Chinese regulators ordered the mobile payments company, Ant Group, to make major changes as the government takes a closer look at the tech giant's business practices.

China's Regulators Tell Ant Group To Overhaul Business

Dec 28, 2020
Ant Group's wealth management services are illegal and the company must undergo major restructuring to come into compliance, regulators say.
NPR
Asia
China's market regulator announced Thursday that it had opened an investigation into the e-commerce giant, Alibaba, for alleged anticompetitive activities.

Chinese Regulators Open Investigation Into E-Commerce Giant Alibaba

Dec 24, 2020
China's State Administration for Market Regulation is focusing on allegations that Alibaba forces merchants on its website to sell only on its platform.
NPR
Business
People visit a showroom of the mobile payment powerhouse, Ant Financial, in China in 2018. Ant Financial, a spinoff from the Alibaba Group, was set to raise $37 billion in an IPO that regulators abruptly halted.

Regulators Squash Giant Ant Group IPO

Nov 03, 2020
The initial public stock offering of the Chinese financial company Ant Group, which would have been the world's largest stock offering of all time, has been put on hold.
NPR
The Two-Way
Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma visited President-elect Donald Trump in January of 2017, as his company was launching an attempt to buy MoneyGram.

U.S. Blocks Chinese Company's $1.2 Billion Takeover Of MoneyGram

Jan 03, 2018
The rejection comes despite Chinese billionaire Jack Ma's attempts to form ties with the Trump administration; he visited Trump Tower in January of last year.
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