China's economy is increasingly becoming a tale of two contrasting realities. While provinces driven by artificial intelligence, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, and exports are experiencing rapid economic growth, regions dependent on tourism, real estate, and traditional industries are struggling to keep pace.

The latest provincial economic data highlights a widening K-shaped economic divide, with technology hubs such as Zhejiang, home to Alibaba, DeepSeek, and Unitree Robotics, outperforming the national average. Other manufacturing powerhouses including Shanghai, Anhui, and Shandong have also recorded strong growth, fueled by rising global demand for high-tech products.

China's K-Shaped Economy Deepens as AI Boom Widens Regional Gap

Anthropic accused Alibaba's Qwen AI lab of carrying out the largest known AI 'distillation attack' on Claude. Millions of interactions were used to extract advanced AI capabilities, it claimed. But what is a distillation attack?

‘AI Cannibalism’: Anthropic accuses Chinese tech giant Alibaba of 29 million adversarial distillation attacks. What is it?

Anthropic has accused Alibaba-linked operators of using 25,000 fraudulent accounts to conduct nearly 29 million exchanges with Claude AI in what it calls the largest known distillation attack.

Anthropic accuses Alibaba of massive AI model extraction campaign using 25,000 fake accounts

Alibaba has launched its latest artificial intelligence model, Qwen3.7-Max, claiming the system outperformed several competing AI models from OpenAI and Google in coding benchmarks. 

Alibaba claims its new Qwen AI model outperformed ChatGPT and Gemini in coding tests

Alibaba has launched an updated version of its artificial intelligence assistant app, now powered by its flagship Qwen AI reasoning model. This move marks a significant step in the global race to develop next-generation AI technologies.

Alibaba takes leap in race for AI dominance

In recent weeks, Asian stocks have rallied, with Alibaba's sold earnings report boosting China's tech optimism further. The question doing the rounds in markets: Is the AI euphoria moving to Asia from America? Last week's moves in Asian stocks give us a glimpse of euphoria in the regional tech stocks.

Asian stocks gain as Alibaba boosts china tech optimism

Alibaba leads a global stock surge, hitting its highest share price since 2022. Boosted by AI advancements and Ukraine peace hopes, the tech giant’s rally has added $87 billion to its market value.

Alibaba shares soar on AI rally and global market surge

Business & economy | World | Apple had selected Baidu as its main partner last year, but the Chinese company's progress in developing models for Apple Intelligence fell short of its standards, the report said.

Alibaba shares surge as Apple teams up to bring AI features to iPhones in China

After keeping a low profile since 2020, the founder of Alibaba Group, Jack Ma, visited the company's campus in Hangzhou, China. This marks his first known trip back to his hometown since March of last year, when he visited a school he established. Ma's visit to Alibaba's campus comes at a time when the Chinese government is trying to boost confidence in the country's private sector. Watch in for more details!

Alibaba Co-Founder Jack Ma Returns To Company's Campus, As China Moves To Boost Business Confidence

A 17-year-old Chinese girl, who was in the headlines for being a genius in a Mathematics contest, has been declared a cheater by the competition authorities, according to the South China Morning Post.

Chinese maths 'Prodigy' cheated in contest, organisers confirm

Alibaba Group Holding is reducing its metaverse operations, according to a source familiar with the matter. This makes it the latest Big Tech company to pull resources from the once-popular sector, as detailed in a South China Morning Post report.

Alibaba cuts 'dozens of employees' at metaverse unit as hype in sector drops

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has made headlines with the launch of its upgraded AI translation tool, Marco MT, which it asserts is superior to offerings from tech giants like Google and ChatGPT.

Alibaba claims its new AI translation tool outperforms Google and ChatGPT

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. shareholders have approved upgrading its Hong Kong listing to primary status on Aug. 28, a move that is likely to attract billions of dollars in investment from mainland China.

Alibaba's primary Hong Kong listing amid economic turbulence & tech competition

The upcoming quarterly earnings reports from Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com are set to provide crucial insights into consumer sentiment in the world's second-largest economy.

Chinese e-commerce giants struggle with balancing discounts and profit amidst fierce competition

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (BABA) co-founder Jack Ma has purportedly resurfaced with a detailed internal note, sparking questions about his future role in the company. Watch to know more.

Is Jack Ma coming back? | Alibaba founder steps out from shadows with long internal post

Jack Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba, has expressed his support for the company's ongoing restructuring efforts. Ma, who had withdrawn from public view in recent times, addressed the company's internal forum, endorsing the programs led by new leaders Joseph Tsai and Eddie Wu to restore the Chinese e-commerce giant.

Jack Ma encourages Alibaba's overhaul efforts, urges staff to stay the course

Imagine a future where online orders are delivered anywhere in the world within an hour and not by trucks or drones but by Rockets. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding has partnered with a domestic rocket developer, with the lofty goal of delivering parcels anywhere in the world within an hour.

Are rockets the future of delivery?

Alibaba tests rocket parcel delivery service

Imagine a future where online orders are delivered anywhere in the world within an hour and not by trucks or drones but by Rockets. Russian e-commerce giant Alibaba group holding has teamed up with a Chinese rocket developer to deliver Parcels globally in under an hour. Watch in for more details!

Alibaba's Taobao tests rocket XZY-1 for one-hour goods delivery

Daraz Group, the e-commerce platform owned by Alibaba, has announced layoffs across its operations in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar, citing the need to adopt a "more streamlined and agile structure.

Alibaba-owned Daraz announces layoffs amid restructuring

In 2023, at least 11 listed Chinese companies were reportedly disclosed that their chairman had disappeared without notice. A number of Chinese business leaders have gone missing in recent years, including Alibaba boss Jack Ma.

Gravitas: China's business tycoons keep vanishing | Bao Fan, Jack Ma, and others who disappeared

Alibaba faces a challenging quarter as it falls short of revenue expectations amid a struggling retail landscape in China. The tech giant's shares took a hit in early trading, shedding 4%, as it announced plans to bolster its share repurchase program.

Alibaba misses revenue estimates amid weak retail environment

We delve into the tumultuous journey of tech giant Alibaba over the past 12 months. Marked by a scrapped cloud ipo, a significant drop in market value, and a leadership shake-up. As Alibaba navigates the storm of China's crackdown on internet tech companies and intensifying competition in the cloud market, we explore the challenges, strategic shifts, and the quest for stability.

Cloud ambitions dashed: Inside Alibaba's scrapped IPO plans | World DNA

Chinese duplicate products are nothing new, but this one takes the cake. A Chinese company reportedly knocked off an Iranian military drone, no less, and listed it for sale on Alibaba online marketplace, according to a report on the Vice news website.

Chinese firm knocked off Iran drone, sold it on Alibaba site: Report

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