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Alibaba founder Jack Ma steps down as chairman

September 12, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING (AP) — Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, who helped launch China’s online retailing boom, stepped down as chairman of the world’s biggest e-commerce company on Sept. 10 at a time when its fast-changing industry faces uncertainty amid a U.S.-Chinese tariff war. Ma, one of China’s wealthiest and best-known entrepreneurs, gave up […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2019, Jack Ma, VOL 38 NO 38 | SEPTEMBER 14 - SEPTEMBER 20

Spielberg’s Amblin, China’s Alibaba announce partnership

October 15, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group’s media arm announced a partnership on Oct. 9 to co-produce films for global audiences. The deal adds to a multibillion-dollar string of Chinese ventures with Hollywood studios to capture more of the profits from China’s growing media market. Alibaba Pictures will acquire […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Jack Ma, Steven Spielberg, VOL 35 NO 42 | OCTOBER 15 - OCTOBER 21

Jack Ma book

May 6, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Duncan Clark, author of “Alibaba: The House Jack Ma Built,” was the featured speaker at the Nyhus reception April 21 at the Columbia Tower Club. Clark, a Beijing-based UK citizen, has advised on investors in China’s digital and consumer markets for 20 years. In his remarks, Clark called Jack Ma “an American Dream that happened […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, Alibaba, Jack Ma, VOL 35 NO 19 | MAY 7 – MAY 13

Alibaba buys Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post

December 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kelvin Chan AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has announced that it’s buying Hong Kong’s leading English-language newspaper, the South China Morning Post, as part of a plan to create a global platform for news about China. Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd., founded by billionaire Jack Ma, said it signed […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Alibaba Executive Vice Chairman Joe Tsai, Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd, Bangkok Post, Beijing, Chinese, HK, Hong Kong, Jack Ma, Kerry Group, Robert Kuok, Rupert Murdoch, SCMP, South China Morning Post, Tiananmen Square, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25, editorial, technology

Huskies receive warm welcome in Hangzhou… — …from no other than Jack Ma

November 12, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma met the team members from the University of Washington Huskies on Nov. 11. The Huskies will be playing against the University of Texas on Nov. 14 in China. Ma escorted the team on a brief tour. The team brought him a souvenir from Seattle, where one of Alibaba’s offices […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News, Sports Tagged With: 2015, Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma, China, Jack Ma, Seattle, Vol 34 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, Washington Huskies

Huskies and Horns in Shanghai — UW basketball vs. Texas in China

October 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Imagine a Husky basketball player shooting three points in a Shanghai arena, Yao Ming of legendary basketball fame and Jack Ma of Alibaba opening their mouths in disbelief, and a sea of Chinese fans leaping out of their seats going wild. This could be a reality on Nov. 14 […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News, Sports Tagged With: 2015, Alibaba, Ambassador Gary Locke, Ashley Walker, Assunta Ng, Beijing, China, Chinese, Coach Lorenzo Romar, Jack Ma, Malik Dime, Marquese Chriss Photo, Northwest Asian Weekly, Olympics, Pac-12 Conference, Professor Shawn Wong, Shawn Wong, UW, Vol 34 No 45 | October 31 - November 6, Washington Huskies, Yao Ming

Alibaba creates sports group

October 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba announced in early September that it is opening a sports division. Alibaba seeks to reshape China’s sports industry through the Internet. Company founder, Jack Ma, stated that it has set up Alibaba Sports Group together with Sina, a China Internet news site, and Yunfeng Capital, […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2015, Alibaba Sports Group, China Internet, Chinese Internet, IPO, Jack Ma, Jason Cruz, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9, Yunfeng Capital

Poof! Alibaba likely not settling in Seattle

August 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will not make its U.S. headquarters in Seattle according to a recent report. Despite the company shopping for space in Bellevue, a company spokesperson indicated that it would not be moving its U.S. headquarters which is currently located in San Mateo, California. The company’s founder, […]

Filed Under: Features, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Alibaba, China, Chinese, City Center Bellevue, Jack Ma, Jason Cruz, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Northwest, Poof Alibaba, San Francisco, San Mateo, Seattle, United States, Vol 34 No 33 | August 8 - August 14, technology

COMMENTARY: Find the gap — Jack Ma saw what others missed

May 29, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Amy Wilkinson Jack Ma was an English teacher of modest means in the southern Chinese province of Hangzhou. He had little business experience and few connections in the Chinese government. Yet he launched a new kind of Internet company that became the $216 billion market behemoth Alibaba—the world’s largest business-to-business e-commerce marketplace. What made […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, Alibaba China Supplier Club, Amy Wilkinson, Chinese, Elon Musk, Jack Ma, Seattle, South African-born, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5, attention

Open sesame… – Alibaba moves into Seattle, next to competitor Amazon

November 6, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Chinese e-commerce company, Alibaba, has settled into offices in downtown Seattle near one of its

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Alibaba, CEO, China, Chinese, Jack Ma, Jason Cruz, New York Stock Exchange, Northwest Asian Weekly, Puget Sound Business Journal, Seattle, Silicon Valley, Sixth Avenue, United States, Vol 33 No 46 | November 8 - November 14, Wall Street

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