TOKYO — Don’t call it a comeback for Alibaba Group Holding’s founder, Jack Ma. Once seen as a pariah for his criticism of government regulation, there is growing speculation in China’s tech circles that the self-made billionaire has essentially been rehabilitated in the eyes of President Xi Jinping as Beijing seeks to bolster domestic chip…
If you think Boston is a great place to visit in the fall, the city needs your vote, as it’s in the running to be the best place in the country to take in the season. The city was nominated as part of USA Today’s 10Best best places to visit for fall. It was the…
Nine people, including a one-year-old girl, were injured after a taxi and a private car collided near Hong Kong Disneyland on Lantau Island on Saturday. The incident occurred at an intersection on Magic Road at 2.21pm, when the driver of the Kowloon-bound private car attempted to make a right turn at a junction before hitting…
article FILE-People walk through a gate as they exit Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 15, 2025. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images) President Donald Trump reportedly is planning to cancel the U.S. government’s remaining federal contracts with Harvard University. The contracts are worth roughly $100…
The auditorium at Alibaba’s headquarters was packed with attendees, leaning against the wall and squeezing onto the stairs. Hundreds of Chinese small-business owners listened raptly as a stream of representatives from Alibaba, the Chinese online shopping giant, stepped onstage to reassure them of China’s resilience in the face of America’s eye-watering tariffs. “Since the beginning…
Two women are facing charges after the Plymouth District Attorney’s office said they stole hundreds of clothing items from Old Navy. Tyeisha Bridges, 32, and Shatoya Lewis, 25, were arrested in New York and arraigned in Hingham District Court on Thursday on one count each of organized retail crime, larceny over $1,200, larceny under $1,200…
Tamar Park, located next to Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong’s Admiralty, will soon be “submerged” in water. Not by an actual flood, though, but by 600 outsize water droplets made with recycled plastic as a ticketed art installation running from April 1 to June 13 to continue the spirit of Hong Kong’s Art March. Large-scale…
When Donald Trump retook the White House last year, parts of the banking world celebrated. Wall Street dealmakers saw his presidency ushering in a new era of “megamergers,” with the Republican administration providing a more friendly regulatory environment. But as the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday (March 24), those predictions have so far not come to…
Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize. A horse-shaped white cloud has returned to the blue sky more than four years after being blown away….
When Xi Jinping, China’s leader, made his entrance at a symposium with a group of top entrepreneurs this week, he seemed to be in good spirits. China has had a few good weeks. The artificial intelligence models by the start-up DeepSeek sent U.S. stocks tumbling and Western commentators screaming, “Sputnik moment.” Then an animated film…