Alibaba Stock Has Languished While Tencent Has Soared. One Reason Why.

Jack Denton
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Alibaba Stock Has Languished While Tencent Has Soared. One Reason Why.

Shares in Tencent, like much of the rest of Chinese tech, have been slammed since Beijing began a crackdown on technology companies in late 2020.

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