Alibaba CEO shuns low-price competition as profit roars back

Chinese e-commerce group posts first net income growth since 2020 after cutting costs

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Alibaba has delayed plans to upgrade its Hong Kong listing status from a secondary to a primary listing amid growing Sino-U.S. tensions. © Reuters

CISSY ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- Alibaba Chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang said Thursday that the low-price strategies pursued by some online retaliers are not sustainable, as rival JD.com is set to spend billions of yuan on a subsidy program for merchants in a price war with Pinduoduo.

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