President Xi Jinping is bringing the tactics he used in his signature anti-corruption campaign to private companies like Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma. (Source photos by Reuters and Getty Images)

Analysis: Why is Beijing hounding Jack Ma and Alibaba again?

Wielding of newly created rules to penalize e-tailer hints at political motive

KATSUJI NAKAZAWA, Nikkei senior staff writer

April 15, 2021 03:58 JST

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff writer and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He is the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize for international reporting.

TOKYO -- Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding is in the news again.