Is Jack Ma vs. Richard Liu round 2 of Jack Ma vs. Richard Liu?

After being coaxed out of semi-retirement, jack ma of alibaba, the founder of the taobao and tmall group, has been seen at the company's hangzhou headquarters since late 2025. richard liu of jd.com, taobao and tmall group's e-commerce arch-rival, has also returned to the frontline, according to a recent report, including at freshippo and occasionally at quark ai.

Since speaking at the 20th-anniversary function at ant group in early december and attending president xi jinping's meeting with business executives in february, ma is now a regular at alibaba's beijing's.

Alibaba's latest efforts of separating “non-core” companies and focusing on e-commerce and “local life” were seen as the catalyst behind alibaba's announcement in ai.

Pundits' pundits' recent efforts of divesting “non-core” companies and focusing on e-commerce and “local life” were seen as the catalyst behind alibaba's latest announcement in ai.

Richard liu, on the other hand, was revealed earlier this month to have been behind the wheel at jd.com in the past year, leading to the full-year outlook for 2024. wang xing of meituan and zhang yiming remain active in 2025, with the e-commerce industry now saturated, and both are focusing on ai.

Meanwhile, repair services on taobao and tmall recently launched in early march, showing that sometimes working together can be equally important as well as profitable.

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