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partner at Yunfeng and the largest shareholder in Ant Financial, after Jack
and Simon Xie, holding a reported 4.6 percent stake.
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. As a General Partner.
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. As a Limited Partner.
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. The military retreat of the Red Army from 1934 to 1935.
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. As a sign of its commitment to boosting the sale of imported products in
China, Alibaba branded Singles’ Day in 2015 as the “11/11 Global
Shopping Festival.” Yet the company has a long way to go to secure a
sufficient range of imported items to compete with the overseas sites that
many Chinese shoppers have already discovered.
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. Including the mobile search player Quixey, Amazon Prime competitor
Shoprunner, game developer Kabam, and mobile messaging app Tango.
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. Building on its earliest U.S. investments in e-commerce companies Auctiva
and Vendio, Alibaba launched its own U.S. website, 11Main.com, in an
effort to reach directly to American consumers. But the effort failed, and in
June 2015 Alibaba disposed of its interest.
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. He also previously served in the George W. Bush administration, including
as senior adviser on foreign affairs to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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. Deputy assistant to the president for legislative affairs, serving George W.
Bush.
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. Since Alibaba donated 0.3 percent of its annual revenue to a company
foundation, but the new trust is much larger.
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. Presumably to include the returns on his Yunfeng Capital investments.
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. In the northeastern city of Yabuli.
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. On social media in China, there has been intense speculation about the state
of health of Jack’s own family members, but Jack has not spoken publicly
about this.
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. The Communist Party runs special farms, off-limits to the public and media,
to ensure high-quality food supplies for its senior leaders, who also receive
privileged access to the best medical care, provided by military hospitals.
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. To Bloomberg TV’s Emily Chang in November 2015.
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. Real estate billionaire Xu Jiaxin.
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. ChinaVision.
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. 3.6 billion yuan ($565 million).

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. In a deal announced in October 2015 valuing Youku at more than $5 billion.
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. Victor founded Youku after working as COO of Sohu. Youku acquired its
largest competitor to become Youku-Tudou.
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. 461 million people in mid-2015 according to CNNIC.
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. In 2014, the territory had been brought to a standstill by the Occupy Central
movement, or Umbrella Revolution, a student-led protest against the lack of
genuine democracy and other freedoms. Although the crisis ended
peacefully, the underlying tensions that fueled it remain ever present.

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