Alibaba’s Jack Ma seems to have decided that name-calling was the best response to a critical report by a Chinese regulator this week, and the resulting fallout helped rival billionaire Wang Jianlin, return to his former perch as China’s richest… Read More>>
Wanda Takes Aim at O2O Prize with Buy of Online Payment Provider
Fresh off of a $3.7 billion Hong Kong IPO, China mall developer Dalian Wanda is attempting to put some of its new cash to work in the world of ecommerce.
The owner of China’s biggest chain of malls – with… Read More>>
Will Wanda’s Two December IPOs End Jack Ma’s Reign as China’s Richest Man?
Billionaire Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties won approval this week for a $5 billion initial public offering later this month, and the Hong Kong listing of the Chinese real estate firm could reshuffle the ranks of China’s mega-rich.
The… Read More>>
China’s Real Estate Tycoons Pushed Out of Top 10 by Internet Entrepreneurs
The downturn in China’s property market during 2014 has caused trouble for many investors, but now it even seems to be driving the nation’s property tycoons from the top of the country’s wealth ranks.
According to the latest China Rich… Read More>>
How Xi Jinping is Helping Jack Ma Sell 41,000 Properties on Taobao
When President Xi Jinping launched his anti-corruption drive last year by declaring war on “tigers and flies” few could have imagined that he was also helping Internet magnate Jack Ma to launch a whole new ecommerce initiative.
Now Ma’s Taobao.com,… Read More>>
Century 21 Real Estate Now Selling Houses on Alibaba’s Taobao
Just in case Alibaba’s Jack Ma needed another win before his ecommerce giant launches its IPO next week, one of China’s biggest real estate agencies announced this week that it has begun selling houses on his group’s Taobao B2C platform.
Evergrande Bites into China’s Food Business as Property Slows
Evergrande Group, one of China’s biggest real estate developers, launched three new agribusiness subsidiaries on Monday, as the slowdown in the country’s housing market sends property firms searching for new profit centres.
Evergrande’s new ventures into grain and vegetable oil,… Read More>>
Jack Ma Takes in $5.75 Bil – And Takes on China’s Real Estate Barons
Not satisfied with sales of RMB 35 billion ($5.75 billion) over his e-commerce sites on a single day, Internet billionaire Jack Ma has decided to take on China’s real estate industry. For the good of the people, of course.
Turning… Read More>>