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.

As China seeks to build an economic fortress in an era of growing ... The risks of upstaging Beijing were illustrated by Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma, who met President Trump early in 2017 just before Trump was inaugurated for his first presidential term.

(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 (AP) — Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and shoring up the economy are among the issues expected to top the agenda when China’s legislature meets Wednesday in Beijing.

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.