Alibaba's virus-beating education app draws Chinese students' ire

Young people vote down DingTalk in protest at having to study during school shutdowns

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Alibaba's DingTalk enables remote learning -- to the dismay of many Chinese students. © Reuters

COCO LIU, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- Alibaba Group Holding's attempt to promote online education as the coronavirus forces schools across China to remain closed has hit an unexpected barrier: disgruntled, tech-savvy students.

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