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Re:Alibaba breaks itself up in six by ptx on Monday April 03, 2023 @12:55PM (#35427239)
Wasn't there also something about Alibaba specifically working on a money lending scheme which circumvented banking regulations and which regulators feared would create vast amounts of unsecured debt and destabilize the economy?
Re:Alibaba breaks itself up in six by SilverBirch on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @04:07AM (#35436541)
Yes, the original argument was essentially sparked because AliPay was doing a bunch of lending that wasn't really compliant with regulations and there was some discussion about whether the regulators would step in before the IPO. That's what caused Ma's speech about how the regulations were out of date. Whether that concerns was legitimate? Who knows.