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Alibaba

June 2026

  • People view a burgundy electric vehicle on a red carpet beneath a large promotional poster

    BYD and Alibaba among big names aiding China’s military, Pentagon says

    Updated Pentagon list includes swathe of China’s top technology firms in move that could inflame tensions between the countries

April 2026

  • A general view of Alibaba's headquarters in Hangzhou, China

    More private health records of UK Biobank volunteers appear on Chinese website

  • Automated storage system at UK Biobank's genome sequencing facility

    Private health records of half a million Britons offered for sale on Chinese website

March 2026

  • Farm workers remove weeds from a rice paddy near the town of Bako, in Ethiopia, Africa.

    Tech firms and AI farming tools ‘playing with the food system’, warns thinktank

    Google, Microsoft and Amazon among companies using algorithms and AI to influence what crops are grown and how, say critics

January 2026

  • An AI sign at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China in July 2023

    China lags behind US at AI frontier but could quickly catch up, say experts

    Beijing’s AI policy is focused on real-life applications but Chinese companies are beginning to articulate their own grand visions

November 2025

  • Inside The Global Switch Docklands Data Centre Campus

    Boom or bubble? Inside the $3tn AI datacentre spending spree

    Investment in these vast warehouses is huge but some worry the debt-fuelled exuberance will backfire

June 2025

  • A photo illustration of the logo of AliExpress is displayed on the screen of a smartphone, with a red, orange and yellow background

    EU accuses China’s AliExpress of ‘systemic failure’ over illegal goods

    Regulators say online retailer not doing enough to prevent sale of counterfeit clothes and unsafe children’s toys

April 2025

  • Graphic with Jack Ma in foreground

    The China Targets project
    Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma implicated in intimidation campaign by Chinese regime

  • Parcels being prepared for shipping from a distribution centre in China's Jiangsu province.

    Rachel Reeves looks at ending zero tax regime for low-value imports

February 2025

  • Alibaba’s Jack Ma pictured in 2019.

    Xi Jinping tells Alibaba’s Jack Ma and Chinese tech chiefs to ‘show their talent’

    Analysts say address to symposium suggests crackdown on sector may be ending in effort to tackle economic slump

May 2024

  • David Beckham

    David Beckham becomes ambassador for Chinese tech group sponsoring Euro 2024

    Ex-England footballer’s deal with Alibaba’s AliExpress follows tie-ups with Hugo Boss and SharkNinja

October 2023

  • A man walks past a logo of Alibaba Group at its office building in Beijing.

    Belgian intelligence investigating logistics hub of China’s Alibaba at local airport

    Alibaba says its presence at a cargo airport in Liège is compliant with ‘all laws and regulations’

March 2023

  • Jack Ma arrives at the Tech for Good summit in Paris in 2019

    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

January 2023

  • Logo of Alibaba Group at its office building in Beijing, China

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

  • Jack Ma has relinquished control of fintech giant Ant Group

    Jack Ma to give up control of China’s Ant Group, firm says

November 2022

  • Alibaba Group's Jack Ma

    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

May 2022

  • Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's headquarters in Hangzhou

    Chinese technology shares jump as Alibaba sales exceed forecasts

    E-commerce company’s revenues rise 9% to 204bn yuan despite weakening economy

December 2021

  • App on phone.

    Didi Global reports widening losses as Beijing restrictions bite

  • Construction on high-rise building

    China’s indebted property sector highlights a fading economic revival

November 2021

  • People walk along a main shopping area in Shanghai, China, during Alibaba's Singles Day shopping festival.

    Alibaba enjoys record sales for Singles Day shopping extravaganza in China

    Company’s combined sales with industry rival JD.com up about a fifth from 2020
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