Alibaba is expanding its partnership with an Instagram-like Chinese social media app to boost online shopping sales as it vies for dominance in the country's lucrative e-commerce market.

Facing high employee turnover, the company says the changes aim to build longer-term relationships with staff.

HONG KONG--As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu ... its Chinese parent company ByteDance by Jan. 19 or face a ...