E-commerce giant Alibaba is back in the spotlight with founder Jack Ma’s attendance at Chinese President Xi Jinping’s big tech billionaire bash. The company’s big bet on AI also seems to be paying off, after it reported a better-than-projected 8% rise in sales to $38.4 billion on-year in the December quarter. Andrea Heng examines the significance of Alibaba’s return to the business world.

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