Despite his immense fortune, Zhong Shanshan is known for maintaining a low public profile, earning him the title 'Lone Wolf'.

Pillay is an editorial fellow at TIME. Pillay is an editorial fellow at TIME.

Alibaba announced plans to invest billions in AI infrastructure. Founder Jack Ma recently met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Since the meeting, Alibaba's stock has

NPR's Scott Simon talks to writer Duncan Clark about the return of Jack Ma, founder of online Chinese retailer Alibaba. The tech exec had gone quiet after comments critical of China in 2020.

The shock entrance of DeepSeek in the race to develop advanced artificial intelligence has put the world on notice as to China's innovation prowess, a high-ranking Beijing official said Thursday.

A simple handshake between President Xi Jinping and once-shunned entrepreneur Jack Ma sent Chinese tech stocks booming in recent ... managing director of China Beige Book, told AFP. The shock release in late January of a sophisticated AI chatbot by ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Jack Ma, co-founder of China’s most successful tech empire and billionaire entrepreneur. Education: Hangzhou Teachers College, 1988; Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, M.B.A. Ma showed foreign tourists around his hometown as a child to improve his English.

Beijing increasingly views cutting-edge technology through a national-interest lens, putting executives on a tighter leash.

Xi is permitting Ma’s return, but he has not fully reinstated him. The government may be offering him a chance to contribute again — but with strict conditions.